European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 01, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday october 1,1989 colombians May extradite 2nd suspect Bogota Colombia a Colombia plans to extradite a second drug suspect to the United states. News reports said saturday and officials in Ecuador said they have arrested an alleged Leader of the Power Ful my Dullin Cartel. See related Story Page 8 meanwhile police reported seven explosions Friday in the capital and the Western cocaine Center of Call despite tougher Security measures. In Ecuador on saturday police said Evaristo Porras Ardila had been arrested thursday and will be sent to Colombia after an investigation is completed. A press spokesman for the colombian embassy said Porras Ardila is sought by the United states on drug trafficking charges. Another colombian official who asked not to be identified described Porras Ardila As one of Colombi a s eight most important narcotics traffickers. Porras Ardila. Accused of being involved in the assassination of outspoken anti drug Puma list Guillermo Cano. Has been under arrest twice in Colombia but was released by judges both limes. In the past 10 years .120 court employees including 41 judges have been killed most by cocaine traffickers attempting to control the Justice system through intimidation. Al Tiempo Colombia s largest daily reported sat urday that the Justice ministry on Friday told another drug trafficking suspect. Ana Helena Rodriguez that she would be extradited to the United states to face charges in  newspaper report could not be immediately con firmed As the Justice ministry was closed saturday. Rodriguez would have until next Friday to Appeal. She faces charges of cocaine trafficking and Money laundering. Diane Cossin. Spokeswoman for the . Attorney s of fice in Miami said that Rodriguez was one of several defendants in a 1983 drug smuggling Case Cossin did not  said colombian authorities previously identified Rodriguez As the Girlfriend of a Well known trafficker. Rodriguez would be the second colombian extradited to the United states since president Virgilio Barco ordered government Security forces six weeks ago to crush two powerful drug cartels. Eduardo Martinez Romero was flown to Atlanta on sept. 6 to face charges of laundering drug Money. The . Justice department has said it wants about 80 colombians extradited including 12 major suspects linked to the Cali and Medellin drug cartels named after colombian cities where they have Headquarters. . Drug officials estimate that up to 80 percent of Colombia s cocaine is smuggled into the United states. Porras Ardila Martinez and Rodriguez Are not among the 12 key suspects. Barco ordered the crackdown on the cartels after sen. Luis Carlos Galan a leading presidential Candi Date and outspoken opponent of drug trafficking was assassinated aug. 18. The traffickers responded by declaring War on the government and they said in a communique in sep tember that they would prefer a grave in Colombia to a jail cell in the United slates. Dallas Brown a Veteran of the Berlin Airlift gives Candy to children at Tempelhof Central Airport on saturday. Berlin Airlift s Candy drop re enacted 40 years later by Ken Clauson staff writer Berlin a . Air Force cargo plane re enacted the Berlin Airlift s famous Candy drop sat urday and veterans of the historic Effort to save West berliners 40 years ago distributed chocolates to about 100 children. Capt. Douglas Stewart of the 37th tac Airlift so at Rhein main a West Germany piloted a c-130 that dropped a dozen parcels by Parachute onto the Field at Tempelhof Central Airport As hundreds of Airlift veterans family members and Berlin citizens watched. Stewart was accompanied on the night by the original Candy bomber retired col. Gail Halvorson. Then a lieutenant Halvorsen first dropped Candy by miniature parachutes to the hordes of children watching British and american pilots in their 15 month Effort to Supply Berlin during the soviet blockade of Western sectors of the City. On saturday veterans of the Airlift distributed Candy bars and other treats to More than 100 excited children from Berlin orphanages and youth groups. Halvorsen was to speak at a Tempelhof reception for the Airlift veterans saturday night ending a we Klong 40lh-Annivcrsary tour by the americans. During a ceremony at the Berlin Airlift memorial a few hours after the re enactment. West Berlin mayor Walter Momper said the Airlift was an Effort that guaranteed the Freedom of the City we could not anticipate the extent of International Soli Darity that the Airlift created. Momper told hundreds of onlookers that the cold War must be forever past and that Berlin should become a Region of peace and Good neigh  wreaths were placed at the memorial at Templ Hof to Honor the 77 people who lost their lives Dur ing the Airlift. The Berlin Airlift began on june 26, 1948, after the soviets Cut off Access to the City s Western Sec tors. By the time it ended on sept. 30, 1949, More than 277.000 flights had delivered 2.3 million tons of food Coal and other supplies to the berliners. Lebanon from Page 1 most ferocious bombardments of the War. The cease fire and the lifting of blockades by both sides was the first phase of the ambitious seven Point Arab league peace plan. It envisages political reforms that will give Lebanon s moslem majority equal Power with the christians led by Maronitis. Who under an unwritten agreement have dominated the government parliament judiciary and army since Independence from France in 1943. The plan also proposed increasing the number of seals in Lebanon s parliament to 128, divided equally Between christians and moslem. Since Independence the christians have had a 6-5 Edge in the House. In 1943, the christians were considered the majority. But estimates now say moslem form at least 55 percent of Lebanon s 4 million people the peace plan also proposes a syrian pullback from moslem areas of Beirut to the Bcka Valley in cast Leb anon within two years provided political agreement can be reached. Complete withdrawal would follow a Security pact Between Syria and Lebanon. Syria has its troops in Lebanon under a 1976 Arab league peacekeeping mandate. Aoun claims the syrians have abrogated that mandate by siding with the moslem. Some Christian legislators pressed by Aoun. Have said they will not discuss political reforms until Syria agrees to a timetable for a Complete withdrawal. The peace plan envisages inc lebanese Ingi Salors elect ing a new president to replace Amin Gamay cd a maronite whose six year term expired sept. 22,1988. In the dying minutes of his presidency Gemayel appointed Aoun to head a caretaker military government. By naming a maronite As Premier Gamay cd broke inc unwritten covenant under which the president is a maronite the Premier a sunni moslem and the parliament speaker a shiite. Moslem rejected Aoun s appointment and supported the syrian backed Cabinet led by Salim Al Hoss a sunni moslem. Electrical problems delay ariane launch Paris a technicians postponed the scheduled launch this week of an ariane 44-l rocket after finding problems in the electrical Compon cols in inc space vehicle s command systems. The liftoff of the unmanned Rockel originally scheduled for thursday will be delayed about four weeks according to a statement from Arian Espach the com Mercial Arm of the european space Agency. A launch Dale will be set later. 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