European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes monday. December 7,1987ex-dealer informs on cocaine Cartel says death jail Only Way to escape Miami a the Medellin carte blamed Tor most . Cocaine imports is ruled by courtly men who never touch the drug but consider murder a Standard business practice says the . Golem Henri top informant on the ring. Convicted drug dealer Max  41, former one of inc car Tel s main . Representatives talked last week with the Miami Herald Aboul the colombian drug lords. Mar Mcklin and 16 of his family members entered the Federal witness i to Section program after he agreed to testify Aboul inc Fine s activities in sever Al trials including thai of Carlos Lehder Rivas in Jacksonville. He revealed details of he lives of the Cartel s ruling family the Ochoa along with heir partners and underlings. The  May have saved his life pm Ilfin Aid h had tried to Case out the str Liever. I times but was not permitted. There s Only two real ways to gel  he said going to jail or getting  the Cartel is blamed for As much As so percent of . Cocaine imports. Mericl slain estimated that current enforcement efforts would never intercept More than about 10 percent of the ring s total output. Mericl slain Lold of seeing his imme Diate Boss a Man named Rafa. Casually shoot another smuggler while the three Rode in  s Van in Miami Rafa who was killed himself last week suspected the other Man had stolen co Caine. All i saw were flashes Merlc Leslein said. My fool just fisc to he Gas pedal and 1 could t move. I just kept driving straight  they later dumped the body and cleaned blood out of the Van. Murder generally was not ordered by the Cartel s lop Bosses said Mcarm Cistin but was accepted As a Means underlings used to enforce tight business practices. One exception to that Rule was the death of Adler Barry Seal another top government informant who was gunned Down by colombians in Louisiana in 1986.a con race $1 million for Mericl slain to Kidnap Seal and $500,000 to kill him was put out by lop Cartel member Rafael Cardona Sala Zar and later was approved by Fabi Ochoa Vasquez brother of Jorge Ochoa Vasqucz who was recently arrested in Columbia. Fabio was reluctant to give the order for the killing said Merlc Stcin. He preferred the kidnapping to inc killing of Seal. Me did give it but in went   never located Seal however and was under arrest at the Lime of the slaying. Cardona 35, and his Secretary were killed by gunmen Friday at his antique car Dealership outside my Dullin police said. In Miami. Jack Hook a spokesman for the drug enforcement adminis Lra tinn said he recent killings could he the result of rivalries among big league traffickers. However. Mar Messlein described the Ochoa As squeamish about killing and very temperate in their personal habits. A Glass of while wine occasionally was As Strong As i be Ever seen any of them drink said Mericl slain. They avoided using cocaine even though they viewed Ilas a harmless vice he said. They were also polite to a fault he said when Mermelstein visited the sprawling Ochoa ranch join be himself met the plane in his pickup. Jorge jumped in inc Back of the truck so there was mom in inc cab said . So thai he would get Wal and we would t. Thai s the Type of per son he  he said the Cartel accepted seizures by drug agents As a cos of doing business but would Analyse each one and some limes change operations. He said the car Tel also dealt with Many Independent contractors so that a big bust would not seriously Hurt their operations. Merlc Leslein said he was introduced to the smuggling business by a colombian woman he married. He said he was earning 1500,000 i year when he was caught on a drug charge in i9b5. He was sentenced to 10 years but was released after two years for his cooperation. Families sue distillers Brewers for birth defects of children stateside  a a salts Hose children Juit ered from fetal alcohol syndrome have sued several liquor distillers and Brewers alleging thai inc children s birth defects resulted from the mothers drinking while preg Nant. The three Federal lawsuits believed to be the first of their kind in the United slates contend the alcoholic beverages should have carried warnings to pregnant women. The parcels of two Seattle children and two from la push wash., say i hair children have problems ranging from mental retardation to facial deformities Accord ing to the three separate suits. The Law requires warnings where a product could cause defects said Barry epsteir., a 7, Ark n.j., attorney representing the children and parents. If you want somebody to know something about a product. Especially one that s not obviously danger Ous you ought to Tell them in a place where they will clearly get me information. And Hal is on the Label he said. The suits filed nov. S in . District court name As defendants James beam distilling co. Heublein inc., manufacturers of Smirnoff Vodka Heilman brewing co., makers of Rainier Beer California cooler co. Anheuser Busch makers of Michelob Beer. Pot Ter distilleries makers of Poitier s Gin and inc sort in brewery co. We Haven l had an Opportunity to examine the charges in detail but Heublein does t believe it has liability in this litigation said Jack Shea a company spokesman. Heublein has Long held Hal a pregnant woman should consult with and be guided by her physician on health concerns during pregnancy including alcohol  he said. There s no clinical evidence that modest consumption of alcohol what we mean by thai is about an ounce per Day has any Adverse effect on fetal growth or  attorneys or spokesmen for he other companies were unavailable for comment or declined to com ment. Also refusing to comment was Janet Flynn spokeswoman for the distilled spirits Council. Flynn however said the cases arc the first of their kind in the United Stales. Attorney Jerry Nateman a spokesman for the Beer Institute in Washington d.c., declined comment. The suit says each of the four children suffers from most of the problems that constitute fetal alcohol syn drome a condition stemming from the improper growth of the fetus. Such problems can include mental retardation Cen trial nervous system problems behavioural and developmental abnormalities a malformed face growth retardation and bean and limb defects. The suits do not specify How much alcohol the mothers consumed during their pregnancies or whether they Are alcoholics. Each suit seeks unspecified compensation for dam Ages ranging from emotional distress to the Cost of past and future care of the children. 4 die in Landing Takeoff crashes by the associated press a Small plane taking Oft from a California Airport crashed into a House saturday killing iwo women and critically injuring two men while a Jel crashed during an emergency Landing in Kentucky killing two people. The women killed in the san Jose calif., crash died from Burns said a spokesman for the Santa Clara county Coroner s office. Identification could take Days he said. Both were passengers in the four seat plane that lost Power As it look on from the Reid Hillview Airport said fire battalion chief Lawrence Cunningham. The Pilot and another passenger were critically bum cd. The plane s right Wing hit inc top of the Home. The plane exploded and its fuselage struck the Side of the building Cunningham said. No one in the building was Hurt. About 5,800 Pacific Gas & electric co. Customers in the area lost Power for an hour due to lines damaged in the Accident Page spokesman Bill Leonard Saio in Lexington ky., a Small Jel crashed while Irving to make an emergency Landing Al Blue grass Airport killing two people and injuring four others two of them in a car Hil by the plane officials said. The Pilot of the twin engine Jel was four Miles from inc Airport when he radioed that one of the engines was on fire said Mike Flack the Airport s executive director. Emergency Crews were standing by As the aircraft approached bul it crashed just Short of the runway Flack said. The plane was in route from love Field in Dallas to John f. Kennedy Airport in new York officials said. The plane was an executive Jet that can bold eight to 10 passengers. Authorities did not release the names of those lulled they were found about 40 Yards from the fuselage officials said. Officials said a Man and a woman from the plane were taken to hospitals. The two people in the car were not seriously Hurt. North Dakota boy critical after falling through ice Hakuo. . A an 11-year-old boy who fell through thin ice and spent some 40 minutes under water was revived by firefighters bul was in critical condition saturday. The Moorhead minn., boy whose identity Wai withheld Al the request of the family was taken Friday to St. Luke s  boy had Only a s percent to 10 percent Chance of survival or. William Morberg said. The boy was not breathing when he we pulled from the red River said Joe upon a Sislane fire chief. He was revived by Firof Ithiers and arrived at the Hospital with an 82-Dcgrce body temperature upon said. $22,800 Golf swing dulls enthusiasm for the game Pontiac Mich. A a practice swing with a new coif club has Cost James Kurtmen $22,800.his errant shot broke Velma wild s Collar Bone and an Oakland county circuit court jury awarded her 519,000 in damages plus $3,800 for medical  s attorney said Kusmierz failed to shout fore before hitting the Ball on oct. 10. 1984. At the Somerset Golf club in  love Golf bul now i m afraid to Goon a Golf course Kusmierz 52, said before tic trial ii was a Freak Accident and i Felt terrible about it i be always been a careful , 57, of Troy said that her injury has mended and she s still playing Golf. Mover gets All keyed up Over Cliburn s piano fort Worth. Texas a moving pianos is nothing new for Mike Craddock and his moving  lie was taking no chances with the instrument his Allied Van lines truck picked up sat urday for delivery to the White  Van Clibur is shipping his piano Tor a performance tuesday night for president Rea Gan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. The 1,000-Pound Steinway concert Brand piano valued at us too will be used for Clibur s first Public performance aftera nine year  grand piano is something we move All the time Craddock told the fort Worth Star Tele Gram Friday but i be never moved a piano to the White House before. And with Cliburn play ing again after All these years just to be piece Ofil is a Jias far As i m