71. It offered rewards for the top seven cartel leaders. 72. It is the first time a Cali cartel leader has admitted in testimony that he funded campaigns. 73. Joe Toft, the former DEA head in Colombia, praised the crackdown on the Cali cartel leaders. 74. Last week, authorities announced the arrest of another reputed cartel leader, Phanor Arizabaleta, but later acknowledged they had detained the wrong man. 75. Last month, police arrested a drug cartel leader who had been convicted in absentia for the Cano killing. 76. Leftist rebels whom police say were hired by a fugitive Cali cartel leader attacked the headquarters of an anti-narcotics police squad in Cali on Thursday, wounding several people. 77. McCaffrey singled out for criticism Colombian President Ernesto Samper, who was accused of taking campaign funds from the Cali cartel leaders. 78. Medina said he told the cartel leader that neither Samper nor Botero wanted to talk to him and recommended the cartel leaders surrender. 79. Medina said he told the cartel leader that neither Samper nor Botero wanted to talk to him. 80. Medina says he acted as liaison between the campaign and Cali cartel leaders, but says he was only following orders from Botero and Samper. |