European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes monday september 11,1989 Colombia to extradite 3 suspects wanted on . Narcotics charges Bogota. Colombia a the colombian government will extradite three More alleged cocaine traffickers wanted on . Charges of Money laundering and drug smuggling an official said sunday. The army also said it had confiscated five More properties belonging to the country s fugitive cocaine traffickers who continued their Campaign of terror during the weekend. A National drug Council official who spoke on condition of anonymity be cause the information had not been made Public told the associated press in a Telephone interview that the govern ment has signed extradition orders for three imprisoned colombians Ana Helena Rodrigue. 37, jailed in Bogota and accused of drug trafficking Bernardo Londono Quintana. 47, jailed in Bogota for allegedly laundering Money and Al Berto Orlando a Gamboa. 37, jailed in Medellin also for alleged laundering. All were charged in the United states. Colombia supplies 80 percent of the cocaine reaching the United states. It was not known if the three were notified of the extradition orders. Once notified they have five Days to Appeal. Eduardo Martinez Romero charged with laundering millions of dollars of co Caine Money for the Medellin Cartel was extradited to the United states last week after losing his Appeal. He was the first suspect linked to Colombia s powerful drug cartels to be extradited to the United states since the crackdown began aug. 19. An army officer in Medellin asking not to be identified for Security reasons said the properties seized Over the week end arc believed to belong to two of the most wanted alleged drug Bosses Pablo Escobar Gaviria and Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha. Colombia has offered a Reward of $250,000 for information leading to the arrest of Escobar or Rodriguez Gacha who also head the United states list of colombians wanted for extradition on drug trafficking charges. We arc going to keep the seizures up the army officer said. The government has seized 49 houses and ranches since president Virgilio Barco assumed emergency Powers and ordered seizures of suspect Bank accounts and property thought to be lied to the drug Trade. His crackdown followed last month s assassination of leading presidential candidate sen. Luis Carlos Alan. An outspoken foe of drug cartels. Cattle swimming pools trucks and even an Island Complete with a mansion belonging to billionaire drug Barons were seized in raids saturday and sunday around the notorious Magdalena Mudio zone a tropical Region in Midwest can Colombia. The armed forces and the police have publicized numerous confiscated documents showing the purported Multi National holdings Worth millions of dollars of Colombia s most notorious drug Barons. The traffickers have retaliated with at tacks on government and other institutions. In Western Colombia gunmen killed a Foreman and used gasoline to set fire to a ranch belonging to Carlos Ossa Escobar the head of Colombia s agrarian Reform Institute police said sunday. Ossa Escobar a political ally of slain sen. Galan has said property seized from Colombia s reputed drug Oosse should be turned Over to the country s impoverished Rural peasants. Late saturday and Early sunday in Medellin Colombia s second biggest City and a drug trafficking Center a dynamite bomb damaged a liquor factory and hooded assailants set a City garbage truck on fire police said. Authorities in my Del Lin which is in Northern Colombia said they also defused a bomb at a Branch of the Caja agrarian a government run far savings Bank and a recent target of terrorists. 151 missing after collision on Danube Vienna Austria a a romanian ship collided with a bulgarian tugboat and Sank in the Danube River on sunday leaving 151 people missing Romani a s official Ager pics news Agency reported. The collision occurred upstream of the port City of Galati. About 125 Miles Northeast of the romanian capital of Bucharest the report said. The ship Sank in conditions of poor visibility it said. A total of 169 passengers were aboard the Roma Nian ship. Only 18 of them and the ship s 13 Crew members had been rescued. Ager pics said. It did not give the nationality of the passengers. The bulgarian state Bra news Agency said the romanian Cruiser Mog Soaia collided with the bulgarian ship Peter Kara Mincheva which was tugging a Convoy of loaded barges. After the alarm was sounded by the bulgarian ship its Crew and the Crew of the ships in the area hurried to to help Bra said. It said there were no reports of casualties aboard the tug. There was no report on what caused the boats to collide. Agar pics said Rescue operations were continuing and a government commission had been established to investigate the Accident. Queen to visit Malaysia Kuala Bumpur Malaysia a Queen Eliza Beth ii of Britain will make a four Day state visit to Malaysia beginning oct. 14 in conjunction with the Commonwealth Summit in Kuala Bumpur. Yeltsin says Gorbachev slipping new York up Boris Yeltsin a member of parliament and the communist party Maverick who staged a political comeback after he was fired As mos cow party Boss arrived in new York on saturday an promptly criticized soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Related Story pass 2. Smiling broadly at the dozens of reporters and photographers who met him at Kennedy International air port Yeltsin was asked for his assessment of the soviet. replied through an interpreter that Gorbachev s popularity has been slipping. It has been falling somewhat Yeltsin on a visit sponsored by the California based Salen Institute planned lectures on the boundaries of soviet democracy in a number of american cities but his original itinerary had to be scrubbed because soviet authorities apparently delayed issuing his exit visit. The 58-year-old Yeltsin said proceeds from his lec Tures reported to be $25,000 apiece would go toward treating children with aids. It is a very serious problem like Here in the United slates he originally planned to remain in the United states from sept. 9 to 23, but his trip was shortened tonight Days. He is reportedly planning lectures in new York Chicago Dallas Miami los Angeles san fran Cisco and Washington. Asked if he would visit president Bush Yeltsin said if president Bush wants to meet me he also planned to meet leading economic an business figures. Troops from Page 1 dominated by leftist shining path we have said about the troops on the ground in Colombia it is a dangerous environment Bennett said sunday. They Are not going to seek out combat or conflict. And we just All Hope that nothing befalls reported plan Drew mixed reviews from democrats in could be a Good idea said sen. Joseph r. Biden decl. Who has emerged As democratic spokesman on Bush s plan for a War on drugs. I can say that i do not dismiss the notion of . Troops in certain circumstances in the andean Effort Biden said that the administration has not yet Given him a report on the military s role in the drug War an that As recently As Friday Bennett told him the National Security Council staff had not sent Bennett report on the classified Section of the plan. The notion of involving . Ground troops in the drug War Drew immediate fire from another Democrat rep. Charles b. Rangel who represents Harlem a Section of new York City hard hit by drug related violence. It outrages me to think that every time there is a International problem we have to talk about the introduction of american troops Rangel said. And any one who knows anything about latin american poli tics would know that the worst thing to do to Embarrass any latin american Leader is to say that american soldiers arc going to resolve the and Rangel appeared on the Abc to program. The Post quoted administration and congressional sources As saying the classified plan envisions an expanded role for . Intelligence gathering satellite Sand communications monitors to locate coca Fields and track second Section of the classified document ear Marks $90.2 million in Aid for Colombia $97.5 Mil lion for Bolivia and $73.4 million for Peru the Post said. Of the $261.1 million total $141 million would go toward military equipment and $13.5 million would he for intelligence aids such As communications an computer equipment the report said. Hungary gives of for East germans to leave. _ a. R?._ Unn not inn to liner know nn/1 a plan Budapest Hungary a Hun Gary announced sunday it would allow More than 7,000 East germans to leave refugee Camps for West Germany the official Mai news Agency reported. The exodus was to Start at Midnight. Hungary has decided to make it pos sible for the East German citizens stay ing in Hungary and refusing to return Home to leave to any country which is prepared to let them through or receive them the government communique said. Interior minister Istvan Horvath instructed the police and Border guards to let East German citizens leave Hungary with their East German travel documents it said. The Border guards arc instructed Tolet them leave at any Border the Fate of the refugees had been discussed for weeks Between East and West Ger Many with Hungary insisting it was Pri Marily a bystander interested in seeing a solution. The communique said the talks be tween East Germany and West Germany ended in failure but did not elaborate. Hungary is the first East bloc govern ment to help the citizens of another communist nation escape to the mass emigration of East germans to West Germany is the largest since Heberlin Wall was built in 1961. West Germany which 9ffcrs East Ger mans automatic citizenship and help get Ting settled has already set up Camps to receive the refugees. The announcement resolved a difficult Issue for Hungary which was anxious to show West Germany that it is committed to new. Western concepts of human rights but reluctant to anger hard line communist leaders in East Berlin. Hungary recently began implementing democratic reforms similar to those being adopted by Poland and the soviet Union but East Germany has not. As word spread earlier through the ref Ugee Camps that mass emigration was imminent the jubilant East germans began packing their bags and welcomed other East germans who continued to Stream into the makeshift German diplomats who were sent to the refugee Camps continued to try to persuade the East germans to return Home telling them they not be punished. But few refugees were pre pared to , Many proudly converted the Der sign on their cars that signifies they come from the German democratic Republic to a singled the Auto Signor West Germany. Others painted red Black and Gold insignias on the vehicle but left off the Hammer and sickle that distinguishes the East German Flag fro West Germany s
