1. His dismissal angered senior police chiefs who saw it as yet another concession from Gaviria to drug cartel chiefs, who had surrendered in return for reduced prison sentences. 2. Among those arrested in Operation Green Ice were Jos Durn, a Colombian drug cartel chief, and his linkman with the Mafia, Pedro Felipe Villaquirn. 3. As president, he said he would introduce legislation to make drug laundering a crime, and to raise prison penalties for cartel chiefs who surrender through plea bargaining. 4. Some cartel chiefs have been arrested, and marijuana fields destroyed. 5. Drug cartel chief arrested. 6. Two congressional panels passed the measure Thursday, and included a retroactivity provision that targets wealth amassed by jailed Cali drug cartel chiefs and other traffickers in past years. |