European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday May 21,19b8 drug King found guilty Jacksonville Fla. A Carlos Lender Rivas reputedly a Leader of a violent colombian drug Cartel responsible for most of inc cocaine imported to this country was convicted thursday of smuggling More than three ions of cocaine into the United states. The verdict capped a seven month trial on a Federal indictment charging him with taking Over the Island of Norman s Cay in inc Bahamas to smuggle cocaine into Florida and Georgia from 197810 i9s07 this is truly a major Victory in the War on drugs said . Attorney Robert a Crete the Lead prosecutor. Authorities say Lender. 38, is a key figure in the Medellin Camel responsible for up to 80 percent of . Cocaine imports and Merkle said the Case threat ens the Cartel s operations. Lender s attorney Edward Shoal promised an a peal. Drug enforcement administration spokesman Jack Hook called inc operation the world s largest drug trafficking ring. This conviction sends a message to the Kingpins ofic Cartel you Are not Able to bribe Inyim Date or muder your Way out of custody in the United states Hook said. It has been a tradition in Colombia but nol in the United in Bogota Colombia attorney general Horacio scrap Unbe said everyone in Colombia was hoping for a guilty he declined further comment saying Only i understand that he was tried in Accord Ance with All the formalities of . by comparison authorities say the French connection drug ring smuggled in about 70 pounds 01 heroin from 1968 to 1971. The verdict was hailed by . Attorney Centra Ledwin Meese Iii who called n an excellent example of International cooperation. Against a major drug Lehder could face up id Iso years in prison and $350,000 in tines Tor his convictions on All 11 counts ranging from Possession of cocaine to running a continuing criminal Enterprise. I co defendant Jack Carl ton Reed 57, of san Pedro calif., was convicted of one conspiracy count and faces a maximum 15-year sentence. Asked if Lehder will spend the rest of his life behind bars Merkle said i certainly Hope so. That is going to be my when the verdicts were read Lehder looked Down briefly Len stared straight ahead. Two female jurors cried one sobbing into her hands As their seven Days of deliberations ended. Lehder s aunt in he audience also cried and slumped Down on inc Bench. Following the verdicts the jury had to consider government motions seeking the forfeiture of millions of dollars of Lehder s property in the Bahamas including land Homes an Airstrip and planes. Carlos Lehder rim after being arrested in May 1987. Tour from Page 1 while inc army in Europe rated at the Issue several years ago and decided not to pursue it at that Lime the command feels another probe is warranted in Light of continued budget cuts. The fact is there in t enough Money to go around so we be got 10 keep scratching our Heads Lor ways to Deal Wilh that he said adding thai extending tour lengths is a tool of last resort. But it s an option the army has to keep it is far too Early to say whether a specific proposal will be included in the army s fiscal 1990 budget request which is being developed inc official said. All we re doing is soliciting opinions at this Point he said. With Usa eur commander ceo. Glenn Kolis retiring soon we thought it would be Worth while to Sec what he thinks of if idea since he Mil no longer have a constituency to answer to so to the army probably will want to get comments from commanders m the other Long Tou overseas areas be fore making a decision As Well and that will Lake sometime a said. Although some personnel officials fed increasing overseas tour lengths would have minimal Impact on troop morale the army reportedly has recent cd a sub Stantial number of complaints from soldiers i y and Hawaii where the accompanied tour was from 36 to 4 months in april 1987. Soviets say 12,000-15,000 soldiers lost in Afghanistan Moscow apr soviet Media official thurs Day confirmed that 12,0lto 15.000 soviet soldiers died in Afghanistan during for Kremlin s More than eight years of military involvement in that country s civil War a Eduard Rosenlan a political Obs Crambr the govern ment news Agency no Vosti confirmed a cent report by the Paris based age acc France Presse Nen on soviet casualties in Afghanistan. Helah Page 7. Rosental s comment during a news conf Nice to discuss Afghanistan s history was believed be the first Lime a soviet official has climate Juc death toll from the soviet intervention. One reporter had asked How Mao soldiers had died in the War. Rosental reviewed various Western Media assess ments including the Newt Agency s report and said i think the figures died a Agency Francc press arc More or less Correct Bunyou can obtain More Correct figures from our military Gennady Gera Sipov the foreign ministry spokes Man hat promised to bring High ranking military officials to a news conference soon to discuss the War s costs in More detail Rosenlan said. A soviet inspired Reyo Atlon in april 197b brought marxist Leader Shifro Power in Afghanistan. The Kremlin sent Asp and tanks in december 1979 to help he acute afghan government fight .-backed . Undra Accord signed in Geneva on i Fly the soviets began pulling out their ,000 r from Afghanistan on sunday and Are expect Edlo Complete the withdrawal within nine months. A . Stale department report released in Decem incr estimated the total number of soviet casualties in Anisman since 1979 at at let 33,000 to 38,000, an one third of whom were killed snark told make the number of men killed in com Bat Between ,000 and 12,700, or More. Those Esti mates do heavy losses to disease the state depart Myrtt port added. If the death by Rosenlan Are Cor rect then the soviet Imam suffered far fewer losses in Afghanistan than the United states did in the Vietnam War. A Tola of 47,253 americans were killed or mortally wounded in combat in Vietnam and adjacent military Heaters of Southeast Asia and More than 150,000 were wounded. Medical from Page 1 i the service began taking on new tasks new response shit Les and additional missions under the defense minded Reagan administration but without the in creases in people and Money necessary to meet themore Young sailors and marines Are for the past several years they just Haven t been Able 10 support i hair medical corp sin people or Money. Ziti Pic who Pecanic Navy Suc con general in june of last year does t downplay his problems which Are aggravated by shortages of specialized physicians nurses and other staff. But he insists that the Quality Uhnavy medical treatment remains Good if by Quality care however we mean Access to car comfortable surroundings then in certain of our facilities we Are lacking Zimuk told the Slars and stripes in an interview. A Over Navy objections. Congress has passed a Taw ordering that in Ducat 19b9, 25 percent of new naval officers and-15 percent of total Force growth should be in the medical area. The Navy maintains that it cannot realistically recruit that Many medical personnel. According to Zimble i explanation of the Navy s medical dilemma with which Chescavage concurs Nii died to Medil care grew dramatically the or by 9 Nadica Sya Teft Beaune turn info Zimble has outlined me Steps 10 get Navy medi Cine healthy again add More a Ojito departments. The Jim Jan Gitl frail Nyrl his of underpins in the say a military Physt Tan costs the gov Vincnt less than a civilian contract doctor. Separate medical personnel team from the Overall personnel count since again incl flair medi Cal personnel Are cheaper than civilians. Release champs funds for use in contract ing that is needed to bolster weakened staff Levels at. Naval Hospi Lils. Even with the doctor shortages some Navy surgeons feel underused Zimble said because they can t get enough Lime in the operating room due to Low support staff Levels gel authority to Transfer funds Between operations maintenance and personnel accounts to do much things As pay bonuses to doctors. Relieve the medical corps from the effects of in defense officer personnel management act the Law that governs the management of the military s offi cers to promote More nurses to lieutenant com Mander and commander As an incentive to remain in the Navy. The congressional aide agreed with Zimble s idea to bring More military doctors on line but said i m not certain he s being realistic. Maybe it makes Sens Over the longer term bul Over the Short term there Itab i a Obs
