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Brazil extradites Colombian drug lord to United States
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 22 - 08 - 2008

Brazil extradited Colombian drug lord Juan
Carlos Ramirez Abadia, known as "Chupeta," to the United States on
Friday, Brazilian authorities confirmed, according to dpa.
The US wants to try Ramirez Abadia, 44, for murder, international
drug trafficking and money laundering.
"Chupeta" left the high-security federal prison in Campo Grande,
in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso du Sul, in the early hours of
Friday. He was taken to Manaus in Amazonia, where a US Drug
Enforcement Agency (DEA) plane was waiting for him. He was reportedly
flown to New York.
Brazilian Justice Minister Tarso Genro authorized the extradition
on Tuesday.
Considered to be the top boss of the North of the Valley Colombian
drug cartel, Ramirez Abadia was arrested in the Brazilian city of Sao
Paulo in August 2007.
He had been living in Brazil for three years and had undergone
plastic surgery 78 times in an attempt to hide his identity,
officials said.
In April, a Brazilian court sentenced him to a 30-year jail term
for money laundering, bribery, criminal conspiracy and use of false
documents. His wife Jessica and eight employees were also handed jail
terms.
Ramirez Abadia and other gang members are accused of killing up to
300 people who failed to pay for drugs in both Colombia and the US.
He is estimated to have amassed 1.8 billion dollars from drug
trafficking, according to the DEA.
He reportedly offered to give the Brazilian state 30 to 40 million
dollars if they cancelled legal proceedings against him in Brazil and
his extradition to the US.


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