European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes sunday september 29, 1991 colombian accused of running school for teen assassins by new Day new York a the jailed colombian National suspected in More than 40 political murders was such an accomplished killer he ran an a executioners campy in Medellin for poor teen agers recruited into the drug Trade a former drug Cartel member said Friday. Dan deny Munoz Mosquera who authorities said was an Assassin for the Medellin drug Cartel allegedly started killing in Colombia before the age of 13. He allegedly so impressed Medellin Boss Pablo Escobar that he was asked to recruit and instruct others. A the actually runs a school for assassins in Medellin a said Carlos Toro a former High ranking official of the drug organization based in Medellin in a Telephone interview Friday with new Yorkus new Day. Toro 42, now enrolled in the . Wit Ness Protection program with a new identity testified in the 1987 drug trafficking trial of Carlos Echter. Lehder has agreed to testify in the Miami drug trial of deposed panamanian dictator Manuel an Tonio Noriega. Lehder was one of the cartels ruling troika before his arrest Federal agents said. Torous whereabouts have not been divulged. A the arrest of Mosquera is More of a loss than any amount of drugs a Toro said. A it sends a real message. If Dea drug enforcement administration goes Down and seizes 50,000 Kilos of cocaine today its peanuts a colombian officials have linked Munoz Mosquera to More than 200 killings in All with 40 or More political murders of colombian police officers judges and politicians. Toro now writing a Book about his years As Lead cry a right hand Man from 1983 through 1986, said Munoz Mosquera had �?o50 or More students of murder. They were poor he spent Money on them. They were vulnerable and he brainwashed  Federal agents believe Munoz Mosquera was in new York on a Mission of murder for Escobar who surrendered to colombian police earlier this year. 2 teen girls convicted in videotaped beatings Detroit apr two teen age girls have been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison on robbery and assault charges in the videotaped heating of two women during a festival. Cossandra Rutherford 17, and Tangela Mclemore 19, pleaded no contest to the charges. The attack was taped by an Amateur photographer on june 28 at the International Freedom festival. Witnesses said the attackers both Black used racial slurs when they beat the two White women according to police. Detroit recorder s court judge Dominick Carnovale sentenced Mclemore to four to 15 years for robbery and four to 10 years for assault. Rutherford got 20 months to 15 years for robbery and 20 months to 10 years for assault. Before sentencing the judge refused Rutherford s request to change her plea from no contest to innocent based on a renewed police probe. The probe was reopened after witnesses came Forward with new information police chief Stanley Knox said but gave no details. J. Allen Forletta Rutherford s attorney said he believes the focus of the Case now is that one of the victims Joanne was 43, and a group including her two daughters May have provoked the incident. Forletta said if they provoked it charges against Rutherford should be reduced or dropped. To withdraw a no Onlest plea the judge must be convinced the facts warrant a new Pica Wayne county prosecutor John o Llu isaid. A i think what they Are trying to do is vindicate or justify the behave or of the girls who were charged he said. Troy Smith stands with his Mother Sandra Foy after his close Call with death. Dead Drinker 17, wakes up in Hospital new Haven Conn. A a 17-year-old boy who passed out after drinking 10 glasses of Gin was declared dead in front of friends and family and lived to Tell about it. A a in a glad i m Here. I done to care about anything else a Troy Smith said Friday standing outside his Home. Smith passed out at his aunt s apartment while playing a drinking game with friends last weekend relatives said. When he did no to regain consciousness after 12 hours a Cousin carried him outside for air and called paramedics. When the paramedics found no pulse or vital signs they declared him dead and pulled a Blanket Over his head authorities said. Moments later As his family yelled at paramedics to do More Smith began to stir. He regained consciousness about five hours later in a Hospital. Acute alcohol poisoning can depress the nervous system to the Point where it May be difficult to determine whether a victim has died said or. John Shriver head of the emergency department at Yale new Haven Hospital. Fire chief Earl Gayer or. Said he would investigate the incident. A the medics mistakenly identified a person As dead. But the thing was the person was gone and they did what they thought was right a he said. Greg Liggins one of two paramedics who treated Smith said he regretted the incident but said a i Don t know if anyone else in my shoes would have done anything  Smith said All he can recall is winning about $80 in bets by Downing drinks and then waking up in the Hospital with a bad hangover.. Regulations Cap currency flowing to Cuba washing ton apr the Treasury department on Friday imposed new limits on the amount of Money that May be sent to Cuba in an Effort to curb travel fees required by the cuban government. A the new regulations Are designed to limit exorbitant Lees imposed by the cuban government by setting a reasonable Cap on the amount of . Dollars that May be sent to Cuba to facilitate travel Quot said r. Richard Newcomb director of the office of foreign assets control. A at the same time the provisions accomplish the objectives of the embargo by further limiting financial and commercial transactions with Cuba a he added. The amended regulations limit to �500 the amount a person or company May Send to a cuban National for expenses involving travel to the United states. The new rules also limit to $500 the amount of fees to the cuban government for travel to Cuba. A third change reduces limit on family remittances sent from the United states to close relatives in Cuba from $500 to $300 during any three month period. A fourth change prohibits cubans returning from the United Stales from carrying non cuban currency in excess of the amount brought to the United states. A since March 1990, Cuba has substantially cased travel restrictions including progressively lowering the minimum age from 65 to 20,�?� the announcement said. A this has resulted in a significant increase in the Transfer of . Dollars to Cuba As a result of the Rise in applications for non immigrant visas a it  Drifting in space a concern astronaut says Cape canaveral. Fla. A an astronaut who ducked soviet rocket debris in orbit earlier this month said Friday he did not feel endangered but is concerned about the threat of space junk. Mission commander John Creighton said it was Quot very simple to steer discovery away from the rocket chunk. It was the first time shuttle astronauts Ever had to Man Euver away from space junk. A i really did no to think twice about it up there Quot Creighton said in the traditional Post flight news conference nine Days after the Crews return to Earth. Quot yes we Are concerned about debris but personally i done to think any of us were particularly concerned about it this time Quot Creighton said. A you know that a always a possibility and you train for it. In this particular Case we just happened to execute  discovery and the rocket debris ended up passing within 10 Miles of each other sept. 16. If the shuttle had not changed course the two crafts would have come within 1.4 Miles of one another in violation of Nasa rules that limit encounters to no closer than 1.6 Miles. The five astronauts who released an Ozone monitoring satellite Midway through the five Day flight said they were struck by the planets Beauty hut also by the amount of Haze surrounding the  a of All the flights in be been on this is by far the worst the atmosphere has looked this time of the season a said James Buchli. A four time space flier. Pilot Kenneth Reightler or. Said he came away from his first space trip with an even greater appreciation for the planet. The Crew flew into space sept. 12 and returned Home sept. 18. A it s something that we need to take care of Quot Reightler said. A it was obvious to me a hoi it in Nikiti fro Mlp 1t