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SUMMARY: (U) THIS REPORT PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THE t-10RE
IMPORTANT COLOMBIAN N1l.RCO-TRAF?ICKERS CONTRACTED BY THE CARTELS
FOR SECURITY, TRANSPORTATION, DISTRIBUTION' COLLECTION AND
ENFORCEMENT OF NARCOTICS OPERATIONS IN BOT:! THE US AND COLOMBIA.
THES8 INDIVIDUALS ARE ALSO CONTRACTED AS "HIT MF.N" FOR
ASSASSINATIONS BY THE CA~TEL LEADERS.
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MORE IMPORTANT COLOHBIAN NARCO-TERRORISTS CONTRACTED BY THE
CCLOMBIAN NARCOTIC CARTl:.:LS FOR SECURITY, TRANSPORTATION,
DISTRIBUTION, COLLECTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF NARCOTICS OPERATIONS
IN BOTH THE US AND COLOMBI7L THESE INDIVI DUALS ARE ALSO
CONTRACTED AS "HIT MEN" 'l'O ASSASSINATE INDIVIDUALS TARGETED BY THE
"BX'l'RADl'l'A.BLES", OR INDIVIDUAL NARCOTIC LEADF.:RS' ANO TO PERFORM
'1'ERROR1S'1' ACTS AGAINST COLOMBIAN OFFICIALS, OTHER GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS, _LAW ENFORCEM!i:NT AGENCIES, AND GROUPS OF OTHER POLITICAL
PERSUASION. {(SOURCE COMMENT) - THESE INDIVIDUALS FREQUENTLY
TRAVEL :o COUNTRIES UNDER ASSUMED IDENTITIES, UTILIZING FALSE
DOCUMENTS, OR ENTER COllNTRIE:S ILLEGALLY. BECAUSE OF THE LACK O:'
DATES Of' BI~TH, THE MJl.JORTTY OF THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT POSITIVELY
IDENTIFIED IN DATA BASES. IN SOME CASES INDENTTFICATION HAS BEEN
NA.DE VIA INTERFACES WIT!i OTHER AGENCIES) . THE FOLLOWING
CORRESPOND TO THE PHOTOS PiovIDED IN THE ENCLOSURE.
1. JHON JAIRO {(VELJ\SQUEZ}) VASQUEZ - ALIAS "POPEYE", COLOMBIAN
lD NO. 71 697 722 ::ssUED IN MED::LLIN. INDIVIDUAL IS A MAJOR
TERRORIST CHIEF IN TllE SERVICE 01: .:'HE MEDELLIN CARTEL AND IS A

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COll!E'IDANTOF PABLO ( {ESC03AR)) GAVIRIA. VELASQUEZDIRECTED THE

ASSASSINATION OF ATl'ORNf;y GENERALCARLOSMAURO((HOYOS)} IN
JANOARY1988 IN MEDELLIN. SUBJECT ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE
KIDNAPPING OF JOURNALIST AND BOGO~AMAYORANDRES ((PASTRANA)) IN
JANOARY1988. VELASQUEZWAS CAPTUREDDURINGAN OPERATION
CONDUCTEDBY THE 4TH COLOMBIANARMYBRIGADE OF MED~LLIN AT THE
"3IZCOCHO" FARMIN 1988, WHEREPABLOESCOBARELUDEDCAPTURE.
VELASQUEZWAS PLACEDAT THE ORDERS OF A PUBLIC OROE:RJUDGE lN
MEDELLIN AND ALTHOUGHHIS PARTICIPATION IN THE MASSACRESWAS
PROVF.'.N,HIS FREEDOMWASOBTATNEDDY MEANSOF WELL ?LACt~DBRIBES.
SUBSEQUE.N?LY,VELASQUEZALONGWITH "E:I. MONO", SL ZARCO", ANO
"TYSON" CONTROLLEDALL TERRORIS'f ACT10NS AND CAR BOMBINGSIN
MEDELLIN, BOGO'fA, AND CA1,J:. VSLASQUEZ, WHOIS TWENTY-EIGHTYEARS
OLD, ALLEGEDL't HAS PARTIC:PATED IN THE KILLING OF 70 POLICC:MENIN
MEDELLIN DORTNG1990. IT IS BELIEVEO THAT VSLASQUE:Z KI\S SENT TO
THE US WflERE HE IS INVOLVEOIN NARCOTICSTRAFFICKING CTIVITIE:S.
2' LUIS FERNANDO( (LONDONO)) SANTAMARIA - AI,TAS "Si; TROMPAS"OR
"EL TROBPON" HOLDS IOENTiFICATION CARONO. 17 805 169 ISSUSO IN
\UO HACHA, COLOMBIAAND IS APPROXIMATE"LY 35 YEARS OF AGE. LONOONO
IS A TE3RDRIST CHIEF FOR THE MEDELLINCARTELAN!) rs A f"RIENO AND
PERSONALBODYGUARD OF PABLO ESCOBARGAVIRIA ALONGWITH "PO?l':Yf.",
"EL CIE.N", "EL ZARCO", "TYSON", ETC. THIS INDIVIDUAL ALSO
PARTICl.?ATED IN THE: 1988 ASSASSINATION OF ATTORNEYGERNERALCARLOS
~..AUROHOYOS. , LONDONOWAS CAPTUREDIN APRIL 1980 BY THE 4TH
COLOMBIANARMYBRIGAOE AT THE "BIZCOCHO" FARM, WAS PLACEDIN THE
CSTODY OF PUBLIC ORDERANO WAS ALSO RELEASEDWHENBRIBES WERE
PAID. THIS ASSASSIN ALONGWITH "POPEYE" AND OTHERS PARTICIPATED
IN VARIOtJS MURDERSOF MEMBE:RS ot rHE CALI CARTEL IN MEDELLIN, ANO
WAS INVOLVEDIN NfJMEROUS MiJRDERSO:: MEDELL:':NPOLICEMENWHERC:TT IS
ESTit1ATED THAT 190 POLICEMENWEREKILLED. AT LEAST 70 OF THESE
MORDERSWEREATTRIBUTEO TO ORDERS OF MEDE~LINCARTEL CfUEFS. IT
IS BELIEVED THAT LONDONO IS CUR.RENTLY IN THE US.
3. GOILLERMOOSWALDO( (SANTANAGAITAN)) - A MEDELLINCARTEL
TERRORIST WHOWAS 1DEN1'1FED ANO CAPTUREOIN BOGOTAON FEBRUARY
12, 1990 ALONGWITH TEN MISSILES THAT HE HAO PREPAREOFOR
PRESICENT BUSH DURING THE CARTAGENA SOMMITWHICHOPENEDON
FEBROARY14, 1990. THIS INDIVIDUAL WASCAPTOREDvITH ANOTHER
Tl:.RRO!UST (NFl) WHOSEITINERARY WAS TO TRAVELTO DORADAL,
COLOMBIA, AND LATER VIA AIRCRAFT TO BA3.RANQOILLA ORTO CARTAGENA,
COLOMBIA, WHERETHEY WOU:.DPLAN THE ATTACKWHICHINCUJDED THE
~SSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT BUSH AND OTHERPRESIDENTS ATTENDINGTHE
SUMMIT. THE M~SSILES WEREOF FRENCHMANUFACTURE (NFI). THIS
OPERATION WAS COORDINATED3Y "EL MONITOnOR "EL CIEN". Sl\NTJ\.NA
HAD ALSO PART!CIPA'rED IN THE DEATHO!" NEWSPAPERMAN JORGE ENRIQUE
( (PULIDO) J AS WELL AS OTHER MURDERSAND TERRORIST ATTACKSTN
BOGOTA.
4. OCT.IWIO ( {PINEDA GALV1$)) - A MEDELLINCARTELTERRORIST ANO
ASSASSI1'i WHOvlAS CAPTOREDIN BOGOTAALONGWITH GUILLERMOSANTANA
GALVIS AND THE FRENCHMISSlT,ES WHICHWEREPLANNEDTO BE USE::)
AGAINST PRESIDENT BUSH. PINEDA HAS ALSO PARTICIPATED IN NUMEROUS
KILLINGS ANO TERRORIST ACTIONS IN BOGOTA.
S. DAVID RICARDO { {PRISCO LOPERA)) - ALIAS "RICEARD/"CHINO".
CH:EF OF AN ASSASS:N GANGWORKINGFOR THE MEDELLINCARTEL CALLEO
"LOS PRISCOS" WHICH IS COMPRISEDOF CVER ONE HUNOREDMEMBERS.
VARIOUS BROTHERSOF PRISCO HAVE BEEN KILLED. ONE BROTHER, RODOLFO

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PRISCO, DIED :N A S!lOOTOUTWITH THE COLOMBIANSECRET SERVICE (DAS)

IN BOGOTAIN AUGUST 1987. THE PRISCOS GANGREl?LACW THE "BANDA
DEL RONCO" (BDR) GANGAFTER 9 MEMBERSOF BDR WERE CAPTUREDIN
MEDELLIN. "RICHA~D" AND ANOTHERBROTHERDIED IN A POLICE SHOOTOUT
ON JANUARY 15, 1991. TEE PRISCOS GANG BECAMETHE ARHEDWING OF
THE MEDELLIN CA.ct.TE~TN 1986. THEY HAVE COMMITTEDMANY MURDERSIN
COLOMBIATO INCLUDE THAT OF MAGISTRATEHERNANCO((BAQUEROBORDA))'
TULIO MANUEL ((CASTRO GIL:), CORONEL JAINE ((RAMIREZ GOMEZ)l,
MAGISTR.l\TE:SALVARO ( (MiW:NA OCHOA)) , AND GUSTAVO( ( ZULVAGA
SERNA)). THE GANG WAS INVOLVEDIN THE EXECUTIONOF SOME 70
MEDELLIN POLICEMEN DURING 1990 ANO HAS COMMITTEDNUMEROUS
1'ERRORIST ATTACKS. DURING 1990 THEY PARTICIPATED IN THF.. Kil,LING
OF BERNl\RDO ( {JARAMILLOOSSA)) AND CARLOS ( (PIZARRO LEON GOHFZ))
30TH LEFTIST POLI TI CAL Cl-1.NDIDATES.
6. OTONIEL ( (GONZALEZFRANCO)) - ALIAS "OTTO". A NARCOTICS
TRAFFTC2".E:RAND ASSASSIN FOR THE MEDELLIN CARTEL. A LARGE SCALi':
TRAFf'rC<ER NHO liAS :N CHARGE: OF MOlJNTING TERRORIST ATTACKSIN
MEDELLIN, CALI' i\ND BOGOTA. HE WAS ALSO COMMISSIONEDTO SOPPLY
WEAPONSTO VARIOUS TERROFIST GROUPS. "OTTO" HAS AN EXTENSIVE
CRIMINAL RECORDAND HE; IS BELIEVIW TO 8E IN THE US. DATE O:: BI RTH
- 090556.
?. JHON JAIRO ((ARIAS TASCON)) - ALIAS "EL CIEN", "EL MONITO", OR
"EL PININA". HE IS A 28 YEAR OLD EXTREMELYDANGEROOS CRIMINAL WHO
~1AS CHIEF OF SECURITY (BODYGUARDSJ FOR PABLO ESCOBARGAVIRIA.
ARIAS TASCON HAS PARTICIPATED IN NUMEROUS ASSASSINATIONS IN
co:.oMBIA, ORDEREDBY THE MEDELLIN CARTEL AND IN 1984 HE
PARTICIPATED IN THE MORDEROF RODRIGO ((LARA BONILLA)). THIS
INDIVIDCAL COORDINATEDWITH .ll.SSASSIN CHIEFS "LOS PRISCOS",
"POPEYE", "EL TROMPAS", "TYSON", ETC. FOR MEDELLIN CARTEL ATTACKS
AGA!NST THE POL1CE ANO TERRRORSTATTACKSIN DIFFERENT CITIES OF
COLOMBIA. ARIAS TASCONWAS :<Il,LED IN A POLICE SHOOTOUTJULY 13,
1990.
8' WILLlAM ( (INFANTE)) - AN ASSASSIN WHOWORKED~'OR "EL
MEJICANO", GONZALO{ (RODRIGUEZGACHA)) AND THE MEDELLINCARTEL.
ALLEGEDLY, HE WAS RESP.ONSJBLEFOR KILLING UNION PATRIOTTCA
(CO~MUNIST PARTY), LEADE!l. JAIME ( (PARDO LEAL)). THEN HE CHANGED
i'.IS IDENTITY AND ALLEGEDLY' DIRECTED A NARCOTICS DISTRIBUTION
N:C:TWORKIN MIAMI, fLORIDA. INFANTE WAS CA?TORED1N !1IA..'11IN
DECEMBER1988 WirH A LOAD OF NARCOTICSAND IS CURRENTLYIN
?RISON. HIS CRIMINAL ASSOCIATES WERE BEYER YESID ((BARRERA
RAMIREZ)) ANDA RELATIVE OLIVERIA {(ACUNAINFANTE)). INFANTE IS
SAID TO HAVE ALSO PRESSUREDCOLOMBIANNEWSPAPERMAN GERARDOREYES,
THROUGHHIS LAWYER, IN ATTEMPTSTO OBTAIN REPATRIATION TO COLOMBIA.
9. BEYER YES!D { (BARRERARAMIREZ)) - A CRUEL ASSASSIN WHOWORKED
FOR GAONZALORODRIGUEZGACHAAND 'i'HE MEDELLIN CARTEL. HE
AL~EGEDLYPARTICIPATED IN HE KlLLING OF UNION PATRTOTICACHIEF
JAIME PARDO. DURING THE LAST FEW YEARS BARRERARAMIREZHAS
O?ERATED I~ THE MAGDALENA MEDIO REGION OF COLOMBIACARRYINGOUT
1-".:ASSACRES
AND 'J'ERRORIST AT1'ACKS. HE WAS CAPTUREDIN EARLY 1990
AND IS SERVING A 25 Y8AR SENTENCE IN A PRISON IN BOGOTA.
10. PABLO ALBE:RTO ( (ZAMORZ\RODRIGCJEZJ) - ALIAS "EL ROLO". A
Hi~HLY DANGEROUSASSASSI~ 3ELONGING TO THE LOS PRISCOS GANG.
ZA.~ORARODRIGUEZWAS IDENTIFIED AS PARTICIPATING IN NUMEROUS
l{CRDERSAND IS ACCtiSED or BEING ONE OF THE PERPETRATORSIN THE
~fRDER02 GUILLERMO ((CANO)), DIRECTOR OP THE "EL ESPECTADOR"

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LAST FEW YE:ARS.
11. JAIME ALBERTO {(MENESES SERNA}) - A MEMBEROF THE LOS PRISCOS
GANGANDA PR:NCIPAL IN THE MURDEROF GUILLERMOCANO. HE HAS
PARTICIPATED IN NOM~ROUSMURDERSOF HIGH OFFICIALS OF THE
COLOMBIANGOVER"'.>!MENT. HE. WAS DETAINED IN TUE PASSPORT OFE'ICE OF
BOGOTAWITH A FALSE INDEKTIFICATION CARD WHENHE ATTEMPTSDTO
OBTAIN A PASSPORT, UNOF,RA FALSE NA.ME,IN ORDER TO TRAVEL TO THE
US. HE IS BELIZVED 'I'O J..EAD/l.N ASSASSJN NETWORKIN THE OS.
12. JORGE RALPH { {ABRAHAMSON MANCHEIN}) - A 44 YE:AROLD
ECUADORAN,BO~~i IN AMBATO, ECUADORWHOIS A MAJOR GROUP CHIEf E'OR
MEDELLIN CARTEL OPERATIONS IN ECUADOR. ABRAHAMSON IS CURRENTLYA
FUGITIVE rnoM ECUADORANJSUCE RELATING TO HIS LARGE SCALE
NARCOTICS TRA:FICKING ACTIVITIES TO THE US. IN 1987 A NARCOTICS
LOAD CONCSALEDIN BEP.SWAXDISTRIBUTED BY THE CINTE SHIPPING nru-,
WAS SENT FROMAMBATOAND SEIZED IN THE EVERGLADES,FLORIDA.
ECOADORl\NAUTHORITIES SEIZED DRUGSANO PS.OPER1'IES BELONGINGTO
ABRAHAMSON BUT, HE REPORTEDLY, BRIBED THE JUDGES, ESCAPED FROt-1
JAIL AND IS CURRENTLYBELIEVED TO BE LIVING IN EHHER COLOMBIA,
PANAMA,OR THE vS.
13. OLIVIERA ( (ACUNAINFANTE)) - A RELATIVEOF WILLIAM INF'ANTE
WHOWAS CAPTUREDIN FLORIDA. THIS WOMAN BELONGS TO TH~ MEDEL~IN
CARTEL ANO WORKEDFOR GONZALOROORIGOEZGACHA. SHE ALLEGEDLY
PARTICI?ATE:D IN THE MORDEROF JAIME PARDOLEAL, PARTY CANDIDATE
FOR THE UNION PATRIOTICA, BUT WAS SET FREE THROUGHBRIBERY OF
JUDGES. OLIVIERA IS EXTREMELYDANGEROUS AND CURRENTLYHEADS THE
NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING NETWORKOF JUSTO ((PASTOR RODRIGUEZ)). SHE
ALSO WAS AN ASSOCIATE OF THE DECEASEDTRAFFICKER VlCTOR MAKUEL
{(LINARES)). SHE IS BELIE:VEDTO TRAVELIN ANOOUT OF THE US.
14' ELICIA ((TORRES)) - FKONT PERSON AND NARCOTICS TRAFFICKER fOR
GONZALORODRIGUEZGACHA. SLlCIA HAS PARTICIPATE:D IN TERB.ORIST
ATTAC~S IN BOGOTA.
15. JAIMS ((RODRIGUEZ TORRES)) - AN ASSASSIN ANO NARCOTICS
'l'RAffICKER l'IHO OPERATES IN BOGOTAANO IS AN ASSOCIATE OF JUSTO
PASTOR RODRIGUEZGACHA. JAIME HEADS A TRAFFICKING NETWORKBETWEEN
BOGOTAANO THE US. HE PLANS TO TRAVEL TO THE US AKD CONTINC:EHIS
TRAFFICKING OPERATIONS. DATE OF BIRTH - 050252.
16. DANDENIS ( (MONOZMOSQUERA)) - ALIAS "LA QUICA OR KIKA". J'\N
ASSASSIN AND LEAOER OF AN ASSASSIN GANG IN MEDELLIN WHOSECENTER
OF OPERATIONS IS LOCATED IN THE BARRIO CASTILLA OF MEDELLIN.
OANDENIS WAS A DESERTER fROM THE COLOMBIANARMEDFORCES AT TEE AGE
OF 17 WHO ru::o WITH BIS ASSIGNED WEAPON. HE SUBSEQUENTLYFORMED
AN ASSASSIN ANO 3ANK ROBBING GANGAND WAS INVOLVEDWITH KILLING OF
NMEROOSPOLICEMEN BE'l'v/EEN 19B5 AND 1990. DANDENISWAS CAPTURED
IN 1986, ACCUSEDOc MORE THAN TW2NTYMURDERS, NUMEROUSBANK
ROBBERIES, AND THE KILT,TNGOF MORETHAN TEN POLICEMEN. HE WAS
TORNEOOVER TO A MEDELLIN JUDGE, WHOAFTER BEING PAID A TWO
MILLION PESO BRTBE' RELEASED HIM. HE WAS RECAPTURED AND TURNED
OVER ?O THE ARMEDFORCES 'l'O DAY FOR THE CRIMES OF DESERTION AND
TEEFT OF A MILITARY WEAPON; HOWEVER,HE MYSTERIOUSLYWAS SET
FREE. IN 198'7, IT WAS LEARNEDTHAT MUNOZMOSQUERAWORKEDrOR THE
LOS PRISCOS GANGANO FOR PABLO ESCOBAR. THIS Gl\.NGCURRENTLY
COMPRISES APPROXIMATELY100 CRIMINALS. DANDENISALSO HAS BROTHERS
WHOWORKIN THE GANG. LA KIKA/QOICA IS CORRENTLY25 YEARS OLD'
HAS BE:ENCOMMISSIONEDBY PABLO ESCOBARTO WOB.KIK '.l'HE US 1'0 COMMI?

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17 . BRACE ( (MUNOZMOSQUERA) ) - ALIAS "TYSON OR TAYSON". BROTHE~
OE"LA K:;:KAWi!OALSO GOES BY THE FIRS'l' NAMEOF TILTON, IS A
TERRORIST AND A iURED ASSASSIN WHOIHTH LA KIKA FORMEDGANGSAND
PARTICTPATED 1N ASSASSINATIONS. AT PRESENT nIS CENTER OF
Ol?ERATIONSIS IN THE: BAR?-IO LA AMERICAOF MEDELLIN FROMWHEREHE
HAS COORDINATEDNUMEROUSKILLINGS OF POLIC~MENIN 1990. BRACEHAS
PAR!ICIPATED IN THE ASSASSINATIONS OF VARIOOS COLOMBIAN
POLC::~IClANS, THE MORDEROF NUMEROUS INNOCENTPERSONS, AND THE
SELECTIVE KILLING Ot MEDELLIN POLICEMEN. "TYSON" IS APPROXIMATELY
23 ':.'EARSOLD' 70 INCHES IN HEIGHT, H.ASDARKSKIN AND CURLYHATR.
HE CvRRBNTLYHEADSPABLO ESCOBAR'S ARMEDWING.
18. CARLOS ( (AGOILAR GALLEGO)J - ALIAS "E:. MUGRE". CARLOS IS
CHIEF O? AN ASSASSIN GANGEMPLOYEDBY PABLO ESCOBAR. CURRENTLY,
AS CHIEF OF PABLO E:SCOBAB'S BODYGUARDS HE PROVIDES BOTH PROTECTION
A~:) SECURJTY SERVICES. "EL MUGRE", IN CONCERTWITH OTHER
TERRORISTS, HAS CARRIED OOT ATTACKS, MASSACRESANO MURDERSAGAINST
POLICEMENAND INNOCENT PERSONS.
19. GUSTAVOADOLFO ( (MESA MENESES)) - ALIAS "EL ZARCOOR SARCO".
A CRUEL ASSASSIN GANGLEADER EMPLOYEDBY PABLO ESCOBARWHOSE
CENTER OF OP8RATIONS WAS IN THE 3ARRIO NOGALANO BARRIO LAURELES.
MESA MENESES CONTROLLEDMILLION DOLLARACCOUNTSOSEO TO PAY FOR
ASSASSINATIONS, BRIBERY O~ GOVERNMENT OFFI~IALS, ETC. HE IS 24
Y'.EARS OLD, DARK SKINNED, AND HAS PE:RFORMED NUMEROUSSERI/ICES E'OR
THE CHIEFS OF THE MEDELLIN CARTEL.
20. JOSE ( (ANCIZAR ARBOLEDA)) - AN ASSASSIN IN THE EMPLOYOF
PABLO ESCODARIN ENVIGADO' COLOMBIAWHOHAS PARTICIPATED IN THE
MORDEROF MORETHAT 400 PERSONS IN THE:ENVIGADOAREA. HIS SYS'.i:'EM
CONSISTED IN ASSASSINATING PEOPLE THAT WERBCONSIDEREDDANG8ROUS
TO PABLO ESCOBAROR FOR THE TOWNOF ENVIGADO. ANCIZAR ARBOLEDA
BELONGEDTO THE SECURI'rY ANO CONTROLDEPARTMEN'l' OFFICE (DSC) FOR
THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT o~ ENVIGADOWHOSEFUNCTIONWAS 'l'O CON'.!'ROL
PRlCES AND OCCASIONALLYTO COLLABORATE WITH THE POLICE IN THE
:::APTORE OF CRlMINALS. .
2:. SAMOEL ((ESCOBAR ARBOLEDA)) - MEM3EROF A GROUP OF ASSASSINS
IN T!IE SECURITY AND CONTROLDEPARTMBNT (DSC) IN THE SERVICE OF
PABLO ESCOBARWORKINGUNDERORDE:RSFROM"PlQUINA, "BALAZO", ANO
"PE'l'ETE". SAMUELJS ACCUSEDOF KILLING MORETHAN 400 PERSONS lN
ENVIGADO.
22. CARLOS ((PEREZ GARCIAJ) - EX-AGENTOF THE ose ACCUSEDIN THE
MORDEROF MORETnAN 400 PERSON IN ENVIGADOUNDERORDERS OF
"?IQUINA", "BALAZO", AND "PETETE" CONFIDANTSor PABLO ESCOBAR.
23. LUIS GONZALO!(PABON)) - EX-AGENTOF THE DSC ACCUSEDOF
?ARTICIPATING 1N THE MURDERSOF OVER 400 PERSONS IN ENVIGADO.
24' HE:RNAN{ (VALENCIA LOTERO)) - CHIEF OF THE: DSC lN ENVIGADO.
HE; RECETVE:DORDERS FROM "?ETE'I'E" FOR THE INUISCRIMINATE KILLING OF
MORETHAN 400 PERSONS.
25. JULIO DAVID ({SANCHEZ)) - EX-AGENTCF THE ose or ENVIGADO
ACCGSEDTN THE KILLING OF MORETHAN 400 PERSONS.
26. DUBANDARIO { (CORREA)J - EX-AGENTOF THE DSC IN ENVIGADO
ACCUSEJ OF KILLING MORE THAN 400 PERSONS ONDERORDERS FROMPABLO
ESCOBAR.
27. JORGE IVAN ((RIVERA)) - EX-AGEN'I'or THE DSC IN E~VIGADO
i\CC.JSEOOF KlLLING MORETHAN 400 PERSONS.
2B. JUAN CARLOS ({LONDONO)) - EX-AGENTOF THE ose IN ENVIGADO

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((FISLD COMMENT} - THESE DSC ASSASSINS ALLEGEDLY RECEIVED 100,000
FE:SOS PER HEAD FOR THESE MURDERS. THEY ASSASSIKATSDORPHANS, DRUG
AJOICTS AND PERSONS WHOM THEY SUSPECTEDOF BEING IN THE SERVICE OF
THE CAL! CARTEL, WHOALLEGEDLYARRIVED IN ENVIGADO TO OBTAIN
INFORMATION ON PA3LO ESCOBAR. ~.ANY OF TflESE VICTlMS WERE
INTERROGA'!ED ANO TORTUREDUSING THE: "TOWEL'' METHODBY WHICH '.:HE
IND11/IDUAL'S FACE WAS COVERED WITH A WET TOWELKEPT SATURATED WITH
WATER SO BREATHING IS VERY DIFFICULT- THEY WERETHEN TAKEN
SEPARATELY 'l'O PL.I\CES WHERE THEY WERE EXECtJTED BY El THER SHOOTING,
OR QOART~RING WITH A MACHETE OR AXE).
29. LUIS JAVIER ( {WANUMEN)) - RETIRED COLOM::IIAN ARMYCAPTAIN WITH
ACCESS TO INTEL:..IGENCE AND GOVERNMENT LEVEL DOCUMENTSTHROUGH
BRIBERY OF ACQUAINTANCES PROVIDED INFORMATIONTO THE MEDELLIN
CAR:EL. HE A~SO ASSISTED IN THE PLANNING OF THE ATTACK AGAINST
SECRET l?OLICE CEIEF GENERAL ((HAZA)) IN 1989.
(NOTE - THE FOLLOWING I:-JDIVIDALS NUM8ERED 30
THROllGH 4 6 ARE ALL ECUADORAN CITTZENS WHO ALLEGEDLYARE l?ART OF AN
E.:CUARJORAN INTERNATIONALC-OCAINE TRAffICKING NETWORK HEADED BY
RALl?H ABRAHAMS01' JYJANCHEIN WHO REPRESENTS THE MEDELLIN CARTEL
INTERESTS IN ECUADOR).
30. JAClN'.l.'O ( (QGIROZ BRAVO))
31. HILDA ( (GONZALEZ} )
32. NEW'l'ON ( { PACSAYMEDINA) J - ECOADORAN f.EAO OE' A LARGE SCALE
COCAINE TRAFE'ICKING NETWORKIN ECUADOR.
33. JSAOEL ( ( LLAGllNO MENDOZA) }
34' EDGAR ((CAlCEDO QUINTERO})
35. LUIS {{CAJIAS SOLIS)}
36. RALPH ( {ABRAHAMSON MANCHEIN)) - ECUADOR/\N HEAD OF AN
INTERNATIONALCOCAINE TRAFFICKING NET'rlORK. MORE DETAILS CAN BE
FOUKDUNDgR ITEM 12.
37 - CARLOS ( ( Cl\R VA,JAL) )
38. MARIA {{DELGADO))
39. HUMBERTO ( (SANDOVAL ANDRADE) )
~O. ELADIO ((BAHAt~ON)) - DOB 270625.
41_ CARLOS ({CORNEJO)} - DOB 560418.
4 2. YOLANDA ( ( IRRENO DE HERNANDEZ) )
43. OCTAVIO ( (BAflA.'10N)J
44- CAMILO ((HERRERA)) - DOB 580114, A PILO'r.
45. ARIEL ((BURBANO)) - DOB 620929, A PILOT.
46. EDGAR ((SALAZAR ORTIZ)l - DOB 490824.
47- AUGOSTO((PEINADO NAVARRO))- A NARCOTICS TRAFFICKER AND
FRONTMANFOR THE MEDELLIN CARTEL. PEINADO WAS AN ASSOCIATE OF
HERNAN ( (BOTERO MORENO)) WHO~lAS EXTRADITEDTO THE OS AND
SENTENCEDTO 35 YEARS IN PRISON. PEINADOLIVED IN MEDELLINAND
WASA PAINTE~ BY PROFESS!ON. PREVIOUSLY, HE HELD INTERESTS IN THE
NUTIBARA HOTEL IN MEDELLIN. HE HAD MAIN':'AINEDRELATIONSHIPS WITH
'l'EE MEDE.:LLIN CARTEL AND HI.5 PRINCIPAL DUTIES WERE 'J'HE LAO;.,JD:2RING
OF MONEY.
48- EDUARDO( (MARTINEZROMERO)) - A NARCOTICSTRAFFICKER WIIO IS
AK ECONOMIST BY PROFESSION l\ND WAS THE PRINCIPAL FRONT Y.AN ANO
:lONEY LAUNDERER FOR THE MEDELLIN CARTEL. MARTINEZ OPERATED FOR
SEVERALYEARS IN PANAMA WHERE HE EVADEDA US DRUG ENFORCEMEN'l'
ADMJNISTRATION (DEA) SEARCH A.ND TOOK REF'UGE IN THE ATLANTIC

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COASTAL RE:GIONOF COLOMBIA. IN 1989 HE ~IAS CAPTURE:OIN COLOMBIA
ANO WAS EX'YRA::>ITED TO THE OS ~IHE:RE HE IS CURRENTLYSERVING A
PRISON SENTENCE. D08 5312.11.
49. LUIS ((SANTACRUZ ECHEVERRI)) - ALIAS "LUCHO~. A CALI CARTEL
CHIEF, WHO IS THE HALF-BROTHEROF JOSE ( (SANTACRUZLONDONO))
ANOTHERCALI CARTEL LEADE:R. SANTACRUZREPRESENTEDCALI CARTET,
IN'l'ERESTS IN TRE US ANDWASARRESTED IN MIAMI, FLORIDA IN MAY
1qa9, A~D SENTENCEDTO 24 YEARS TN PRISON IN 1990 fOR NARCOTIC
TRAffICKING r1CTIVITIES. EVE:RSINCE HE WAS ARRESTED, A CARTEL
SPONSOR:C:D ASSASSU! GROUPCALLED "LOS PALESTINOS" HAS BEEN PLANNING
TO ARRANGEFOR H!S ESCAPE. LOS PALESTINOS OP&RATEIN VARIOUS
LOCATIONS WlTF.IN THE US ACTING AS COLLE:CTORSAND ENFORCERS FOR THE
CARTF.LS. LOIS SANTACRUZREMAINS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANTCALI
CAR'l'i.':LLEAOERS DETAINED IN US PRISONS. DOB 530904.
:,C. JESUS HUMBERTO((VEGA ESCOBAR)) - ALIAS "EL RONCO", ALSO USES
THE NAMESHOMBERTOVEGA POSADAANO DAVID POSADA, IDENTIF'ICA.TIOK
CA~iJ NO. 824 94 99 ISSUED IN MEDELLIN. VEGA.HELD AN IMPORTANT
POS1TION WITJC~ THE MEDELLIN CARTEL DIRECTING VARIOUS
TNTERNATIONALGROUPS INVOLVEDIN THE LARGE SCALE T?ANSPORTATION
AND TRAFFICKING OF COCAINE. "EL RONCO"WAS ARRESTED IN 1990 ANO
;_ATER EXTRAD1TEOTO THE US FOR DROGTRAFFICKING ACTIVITIES.
THE FOOR fOLLOWINGCOLOMBIANSCOMPRISEDAN ASSASSIN
GROOP IN THE SERVICE O: THE MEDELLINCARTEL WHO WERE CAPTUREDBY
COLOMBI.l'.NAUTHORITIES. TH!S GROUP PLANNEDTO STRTKE A t1AJOR BLOW
?RIOR TO AUGUS'l' 07, 1990 WHEN PRESIDENT GAVIRIA TOOK OFFICE. THIS
G?.OP WAS CAPABLEOF CARRYINGOUT A LARGE.SCALE ATTACK IN BOGOTA.
THEY WERE ARRESTE.OIN A RAID IN THE BARRIO MANDALAY IN BOGOTAON
AUGUST 06, 1990. SE:VERALGARBINES, SJLENCERS, AMMUNI'rlONAND
orf.ER WARMATERIALSWERE CONFISCATED (NFI).
51. NELSON ( (GARClA ROMSRO))
52. CRUZ MARY ( {GONZALEZDE CASTANO)J
53. MARIO FRANCINE [ (VILLARRAGA))
54. FABIO HERMES ( (PENA GARZON)J
55. ANTONIO ( (CEBOLLEROY CAMPOS)) - A SPANISH 1-;ARCCTICS
:::'RAFFICKERARRESTE.OIN S?AIN BECAOSE HE WAS ONE OF '!'HE CHIE.FS 01?
THE GALICIA CARTEL OF SPAlN WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MEDELLH-
CARTEL OF COLO~BIA FOR COCAINE TRAFFICKING AND DISTRIEOTION
ACTJVITIES IN EUROPE. CEBOLLEROSERVED TIME IN COLOMBIAE"ORTHE
TH:::FT OF 13.5 MILLION DOLLARSFROMTHE COLOMBIANGOVERNMENT(NFI).
56. ROBERTO ( (CABALLERORANGEL)) - A COLOMBIANNARCOTICS
TRAFFICKER WHOWAS ARRESTED :.:N COLOMBIAANO EXTRAOJ'l'EDTO THE US
lN 1990 AT THE REQUEST OF THE OS GOVERNMENT. CABALLERORESIDED IN
BUCARAMAKGA, COLOMBIA.
5 7. VICTOR EDUARDO( (MERAMOSQUERA) ) - A COLOMBIANNARCOTICS
TRAFFICKER A~REST IN COLOMBIAANO EXTRADITEDTO THE OS FOR VARIOUS
DRG OFFENSES IN 1990. MERAHEADEDAN INTE.RNATIONALNARCOTICS
NETWORKfOR SEVERAL YEARS IN NEWYORKWHEREHE HAD PREVIOUSLY FLED
cROM COLOMBIA. DOB 082953.
SE. F.:VAR!STO( (PORRAS ARDTLA)) - A NARCOTICS TRAE'E'lCKERBELONGING
TO THE MEDELLIN CARTEL WHO, ALONGWI~H HIS BROTHERS, HEADS THREE
T~~FFlCKING NETWORKS. HE IS IN CHARGEOF A NARCOTICS TRAFFJCKING
~ROUP OPERATING OUT OF SAN ANDRES ISLAND WHICH IS MANAGEDBY HIS
rlROT:-IE.R. HE HEADEDANOTHERNETWORKBASED IN LETICIAS, COLOMBIA.
l'ORRAS WAS ARRESTl::DIN ECUADOR,WHEREALONGWITH ANOTHER
IN!)IVIDOAL, HE WAS RUNNINGVARIOUS ENTERPRISES THRCUGHWHICH HE

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HIM TO COI.OMBIAW:iEREHE IS SERVING A 14 MONTH P:lISON SENTENCE.
IN ECUADORHE MANAGED T!iE ECO MER IMPORTANO EXPORT ENTERPRISE
WHICHWAS DEDICATEDTO FOREIGN COM!~ERCE. DOB 480731.
59. EDGARROBERTO ( (ESCOBAR TABORDA)) - ALII\S "EL POETA", A
NEWSPAPER~AN WHO?UBLISHED COMMUNIQUES FROMPABLO ESCOBAR AND
DIRECTF.0 VARIOUS MEANSO!' CO~MUNICATION BESIDE:S PUBLISHING
PAMPLETSFOR THE "E:x'.I:RAD1TABLES". PREVIOOSLYESCOBARTABORDA
Of~SDVARIOUS POBLLClTY ENTERPRISES ANO PORNOGRAPHIC MAG.l\ZIN::.
PUBLISBING ENTERPRISES. UTILIZING THESE ASSETS HE WAS A.BLETO
POBLISH ALL TYPES OF PAMl?HLETS USED TO THREATENJODGES A-1-lD OTHE:R
AUT:-JORITES IN COLOMBIA. "EL POETA", A PERSONALFRIEND OF PAf.,O
ESCOBAR, USED TEE IDE:NTIFICATION CARD~O. 70 551 952 TSS!JED IN
ENV1GA'.:JO,COLOMBIP.. HE OWNS"TROPICOS PROD0CCI0N8S" AND "E. E.
PRODUCCIONES".
60. MANUELJOLIAN { ( PALMJ\MOLINA)) - A NARCOTICSTRAFE'ICKERWHO
HEADSA NARCO'rlCS TRAE'E'ICKINGNETWORK IN COLOMBIAANO THE US. HE
WASARRE:STEDANO 'ilAS EXTRADITEDTO THE US FOR DRUGTRAFFICKING ANO
MONEYL}\UNDERING. DOB 400101.
61. ROBER JAMES i (SOKOLOWSKI SALAH)) - A COLOMBIA~J NARCOT:i:CS
TRAFYICKF.RARRESTEDIN COLOMBIAWHO WAS EXTR.11.DITED TO THE US. DOB
601006.
62. JACOBO MARIANO ( (MENDEZCAMPO)) - A POLITICIAN FROM THE
NORTHERN COAST OF COLOMBI!, WHO IS WANTED BY US AUTHORITIES FOR
NARCOT!CS TRAI:1:ICKING. HE IS BEING HELD IN COLOMBIAFOR POSSIBLE
EXTRAOITION. DOB 481017.
63. JUAN MARIA {{OYARBIDE)) - AN ETA (BASQUE fATHERLAND AND
LIBERTY) TERRORIST WHOOPERATES IN SPAIN ANO PRESENTLYIS A
CONSULTANT TO THE ELN (COLOMBIAN NAT!ONALLIBERATION ARMY) AND TO
THE MEDELLINCARTEL NARCOTICSTRAFFICKERS. HE IS IDENTIFIE:D IN
SPAIN AS A TERRORIST OF SPANISH ORIGIN.
64. HANUEL ! {URRlONNABAECi!EA)) - A SPANISH TERRORIST BELONGING TO
'rHF.:ETA MOVEMENT WHOHAS COLLABORATl::O ON TERRORIST ATTACKSCARRIED
OCT IN COLOMBIA. THE ETA WERECONSULTANTSTO THE ELN GUERRILLA
GROlJP THAT OPERATES IN COLOMBIA. THE ETA HAS ALSO ADVTSEDTHE
MEDELLIN CARTEL OK CARRYINGOOT TERRORIST ACT!ONS.
65. LEONE ( (M7'.RTINEZ)) - A C(JBll.NT,TVTNG IN MIAMI WAS DECLAREO
GUILTY OF LARGE SCALE COCAINE TRAFFICKING IN THE US AND SENTENCED
TO 20 YE:ARSIN PRISON. HE IS ALSO TO BE TRIED FOR
MURDER/ASSASSINATION. t1ARTINEZBE,..AMEA MILLIONAIRE THROUGH
NARCOTICSTRAFFICKING AND HAS CLOSE FRIENDSHIPS WITH MIAl~I
POLITICIANS. MA::tTINEZ PURCHASEDTONS OF COCAINE FROM COLOMBIAN
TRAFFICKERS. ((FIELD COMMENT)- THIS CASE WASWELL ?UBLICIZED IN
THE MEDIA). DOB 301027.
66. MANUEL ANTONIO ( (NORIEGA)) ~ NATIONALGUARO
GENERAL/EX-l?RESIDENTOF PANAMAWHOALLEGEDLYWORKEDFOR THE DRUG
CARTELSTO W~OM HE ALLEGEDLYSOLO PANAMANIAN PASSPORTS ANO
PROVlDEDPOLICE l?ROTECTION FOR TRAFFICKINGACTIVITIES.
REPORTSDLY,NOREGA ACTED A PROTECTOROF THE NARCOTICSTRAFFICKERS
IN THEIR EFtORTS TO LAUNDERMILLIONS OF DOLLARSTHROUGHPANAMANIAN
BANKS. NORIEGA rs NOWIN fLORIDA WHEREHE AWAITS TRIAL ON DRUG
TRAFFICKING CHARGES. '
67' LUIS ((HAVE HU~GAL)) - A PERUVIANWHOHAS RESIDED IN MEXICO
FOR SEVERALYEARS, AS OF SEPTEMBER19, 1990 WAS LEADEROF A
COCAINE TRAFE'ICK:NG GROUPTRANSPOR7INGMEDELLINCART8L COCAINE

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68. PRJTAM ( (SINGH KAUR)l - A HINDU TRAFFICKER WHO, AS OF
SE:PTEMBER19, 1990 HEADEDA TRAE'fICKING GROUP WHICH TRANSPORTED
MEDELLIN CARTEL COCAINE THROOGIIMEXICO INTO THE US. DOB 471212.
69. ADNAN((KHASHOGGI}) - AN INTERNATIONALARMSTRAFFICKER WHO
A~LEGEDLYHAS SOLO ARHS TO THE COLOMBIANDROGTRAFFICKERS,
ESl?ECIALLY TO THE MEDELLIN CARTEL.
70. FIDEL ! (CASTRO MEJlA)) - ALIAS "RAMBO". CHIEF Of AN ASSASSTN
GANG WHICHOPERATED IN COLOMBIAIN THE S8RVICE OF THE MEDELLIN
CARTEL, IS LINKED TO VARTOtJSMASSACRESIN ANTIOQUIA' COROOBA, ANO
OTHER DEPARTMENTSWITHIN TnE ~..AGDALENA MEDIO REGION OF COLOMBIA.
71' LUIS ARTURO ( (FONTECHACAMACHOi l - }\N EX-DAS AGENT WAS SENT
BY DAS TO ATTEND A PERSONALSECURI'l'Y COORSE AT THE fBI ACADEMYIN
THE US. IN 1983, IN MEDELLTN, COLOMBIA, FONTECHAMURDEREOTWO DAS
AGENTS TO AVOID EXPOSUREOF HIS TIESTO THE MEDELLIN CARTEL. ON
JCLY ::J2, 1988 HE WAS ARRESTED IN BOGOTAATA HEROIN LABORATORY
AFTER HAVING J:'LED FROM MEXICO WEEREHE KILLED TWOMEXICANBORDER
POLIC:C:MEN. THE FOLLOvHNG 7 INDIVIDUALS ARE MEMBERS OF FONTECHA'S
GANG.
72. HARVEY ((CANO)) .
73. ARNULFO ((GONZALEZ)).
74. JOSE GUILLERMO !(QUINONEZ)).
75. ELIAS ((CRvZ CIFUENTES)).
76. MARIO SILVESTRE ( (LOZAN0 CASTJ\NO)).
77. OMAR ( (HERRERA)) .
78. ALVARO !!URIVE ARAQVEJJ.
79. PABLO ( (ESCOBARGAVIRIA)) - THE MAXIMUM CHJSF Or' THE MF~DELLIN
CARTEL WHOREGANASAN ASSASSIN AND NOWIS IN CHARGF.OF 'J'HE
BIGGEST MULT-NATIONALCRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONIN THE WORLD. ESCOBAR
IS WANTEDBY VARIOOS COUNTRIESANO THE US HAS REQUESTEDBIS
EXTRAOITION FOR MULTIPLE CRIMES. ESCOBARHAS REPORTEDLY
PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS MURDERSOF HIGH RANKINGCOLOMBIAN
PERSONALITIF.S SUCH AS THE ATTORNEYGENERALCARLOS MAUROHOYOS, THE
MINISTER or JOSTICE RODRIGO f.i,APA BONILLA)), DIRECTOR/EDITOR OF"
THE "EL EXPECTADOR"NEWSPA.PER,GUILLERMO ( (CANO) J ' AND
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATELUIS CARLOS !(GALAN)). DOB 491201.
80. YA!R ((KLEIN)) - RETIRgo ISRAELI ARMY COLONEL, MERCENARY AND
EXPERT IN MILITARY TACTICS. KLEIN SENT ADVISORS TO THE MEDELLIN
CARTEL TO TRATN THE CARTEL PARAMILITARYFORCES ANO SELECTEO
ASSASSIN TEAM LEADERS ON HOWTO UNLEASHWAVESOF TERRORISM IN
COLOMBIATO DESTROYLAW, ORDER, ANO UNDERMINEDEMOCRACY WITH THE
MULTIPLE MORDERSTHAT HAVE OCCORREDIN COLOMBIA. KLEIN ALSO
FACILITATED THE TRANSPORTOF l'lP,APONS ANO AMMtNITION, TO THE
CARIBBEANANO SOUTH AMERICANAREAS, WHICE EVENTUALLYSORFACEDIN
THE POSSESSION OF THE COLOMBIAN CARTEL$ ANO COLOMBIANGUERRILLA
FORCES.
Sl. BERTA INEZ f (MEJIA DE SERNA)) COLOMBIANPOLITICIAN ANO
ASSE:MBLYWOMAN FROM ENVIGADO, COLOMBIAWHOWAS ARRESTED IN 1990 FOR
LENDrnG ASSISTANCE TO THE MEDELLINCARTEL. THIS POLITICIAN IS A
DIRECT COLLABORATOR WITH PABLO ESCOBAR.
82. ALVAROURIBE VELEZ - A COLOMBIANPOLI'l'ICIAN ANO SENATOR
DEDICATEDTO COLLABORATION WITH THE MEDELLINCARTEL Ar HIGH
GOVERNMENT LEVELS. llRIBE WAS LINKED TO A BUSINESS lNVOLVED IN
NARCOTICSACTIVITIES IN THE US. HIS FATHER WAS MURDEREDIN
COLOMBIAFOR EIS CONNEC1'10NWITH THE NARCOTICTRAffICKE?.S. URIBE

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OF PABLO ESCOSAR GAVIRIA. HE HAS PARTICIPATED IN ESCOBAR'S
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNTO WIN THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT
PARLIAMENTARIANTO JORGE ((ORTEGA)). URIBE :!AS BEEN ONE OF TH:::
POLIT:CIANS, FROMTHE SENATE, WHOHAS ATTACKEDALL E'ORMSOF THE
EXTRADITION TREATY.
83' ALVA~O DIEGO ((MONTOYA)} - A POLIT1C1AN AND INDOSTRIALIST
:FR0!-1THE DEPARTMENTOF ANIOQUIA Hl'.S BEEN LINKED TO PABLO ESCOBAR
GAVIRIA. HE HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED FOR SUCH wlNKS AND HAS ACTED AS
AN INTE3MEDIARY BETWEENTHE COLOMBIANGOVERNM~NT ANO PABLO ESCOBAR
GAVIRIA.
84. GUIDO ({PARRA MONTOYA))- A CARTEL LAWYERIN THE DEPARTMENT
OF 11.NTIOQUIA,COLOMBIAAND FRIEND OF PABLO ESCOBAR. 1'HIS LAWYER
HAS SERVED ASAN INTERMEDIARYBETWEENTHE COLOMBIANGOVERNMENT ANO
THE "EXTRADITABLES" /.1.NDHAS ALSO FOOGRTAGAINST THE EXTRAD1TION
OF COLOMBIANSTO THE OS. HE WAS DETAINEDBY THE COLOMBIAN4TH
ARMYBRIGi\OE DUETO HIS LINKS TO THE MEDELLINCARTEL.
85. SANTIAGO ( {LONDONOWHITE:)) - INDUSTRIALIST AND POLITICIAN
!:ROMANTIOQUIA, COLOMBIAWHOIS A FRIEND OF PABLO ESCOBAR.
LONDONOAND HIS BROTHERBECAMEFAMOUSFOR BECOMINGMILLIONAIRES BY
MEANSOE' CONSTRUCTING MANSIONS E'OR THE MEDELLIN DRUGLOADS. HE
HAS SERVED ASAN INTERMEDIARYBE.:TWEEN THE CARTELS AND THE
COLOMBIANGOVERNMENT.
86. DIEGO ( (LONDONOWHITE)) - INDUSTRIALIST, ARCHITECT, AND
POLITIC:::AN FROMANTIOQUIA, COLOMBIAWHOBECAMEA MILLIONAIRE
CONSTRUCTINGMANS!ONS FOR THE MEDELLIN DRUGLOROS. EE HAS
PARTICTPATED IN CONVERSATIONSWITH THE COLOMBIANGOVERNMENT IN THE
NAMEOF THE "EXTRADI'IABLES". DIEGO 1-lASALSO INVSSTIGATED BY THE
COLOMBIAN4TH ARMYBRIGADE Of MEDSLLIN FOR HIS TIESTO THE
MEDELLIN CARTEL. HE AND THOSE PREVIOUSLYMEN:'IONED WERE
NEGO'rIATORS FOH 'rHE LIBE:U\'fION OE' THE SON, DIEGO ( (MONTOYA))OF
PRESIDEN'l' BARCO'S SECRETARY, GERNAN( (MONTOYA) l.
87. JOSE ((GALINDO ESCOBAR)) - NARCOTICSTRAFfICKER AND PLLOT FOR
THE MEDELLIN CARTEL WHOHEAOS A LARGE SCALE NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING
NETWORKIN MONTREAL, CANADA. HE WAS Ac\RESTEDTHERE IN 1989 ANO
SENTENCEDTO 22 YEARS IN PRISON. ALSO CAPTUREDWERE A GROUP.OF
ASSASSTNS SENT TO CANADATO RESCUE GALINDO. DOB 511122.
88. FERNANDO((MENDOZAJARAMILLO)) - A COMPANIONOF JOSE
GALINDO. HE WAS ALSO A PlLOT WHOTOGETHERWITB JOSE GALINDO
HEAD&OA. LARGE SCALE NARCOTIC RI:,iG IN CANADA. HE WAS ARRESTEDAND
SENTENCED1'0 22 YEARS IN PRISON IN CA.NADA.
89' CARLOS ((VIVES)) - A COLOMBIANACTOR INVOLVED IN NARCOTICS
TRAFFLCKING WHOHAS WORKEDWITH R1S UNCLE, IGNACIO ({VIVES
ECHAVARRIA)), A ?OI.ITICIAN ANO THE CURRENT (1990-1992) MAYOROF
SANTA MARTA, COLOMBIA. IGNACIO VIVES WAS PREVIOUSLYSENTF,NCEDFOR
CORROPTIONAND IS A WE;LLKNOWNNORTH.COAST NARCOTICS TRAFFICK2R IN
THE SERVICE OF THE MEDELLIN CARTEL.
90. ALONSODE JESUS ( (VAQUERO) l - ALIAS "l!LADIRMIR". HE IS CHIEF
OF A SELF-DEFENSE GROOP AND HAS PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS MASSACRES
IN COLOMBIA. VAQUERO HAS KILLED LEFTIST SYMPATHIZERSIN COLOMBIA
ANO HAS CARRIED OUT VARIOUS MURDERSIN THE SER.VICE OF THE MEDELLIN
CARTEL.
91. JAIME EDUARDO ( {REODA ROCHA)) - AN EX-FARC (REVCLUTIONARY
ARMEDFORCES OF COLOMBIA) GUERRILLA. AFTER TAKING CONTROLOF THE
MCNC.:Y or THE SUBVERSIVE GROUP, HE ABANDONEDTHE GROUPAND,ASKED

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fOR PROTECTIONFROMGONZA::...o e (RODRIGOEZGACHA, "EL MEJICANO" (NOW

DECEASED). HE BEGANWORKINGFOR GACHACOMMITTTNG SELECTIVf.
MORDERS. RUEDAWA.S ONE OF THE PRINCIPALS IN THE MORDEROF
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATELUIS CARLOSGALAN. HE WASCAPTURED, BIJT HE
~SCAPED FROMJAIL IN SEPTEMBER1990 WITH FALSE COCUMENTS
ACCREDITING HIM AS A LAWfER.
92. GONZALO( (PINZON LAGOS)) - BELONGSTO A FAHILY OF TERRORIS1'S
IN THE SERVICE OF THE MEDELLINCARTELWHOHAS CARRIED ou~ NOMEROUS
ATTACKS IN 30GOTA, COLOHBIA. GONZALO,A BROTHER,ANO HIS FATHER
HAVEBEEN LINKED TO TERRORlST ATTEMPTS.
93. LO!S ( (CABARCASACOSTA)) - A NORTHCOAS'!'NARCOTICSTRAFFICKER
WHOWAS CAPTUREDANO EXTRADITEDTO THE US IN 1990.
94. ALBERTO ( (HUBIZ HAZEUN)) - WASARRESTEDIN COLOMBIAFOR HIS
tUTH THE MORDER OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATELUIS CARLOS
CON:\JE:CTION
GALAN. HE IS OF' ARAB EXTRAC'rION.
95. !?EOERICO { (TORRES DONADO))- A POLITICIAN AND LAWYERl'VHO
WORKEDFOR SEVERAL YEARS IN THE:A.TTORNEY GENERALSOE'FICE, WHOWAS
~1SMISSED WHENIT WASLEARNEDTHAT HE WASINVOLVEDWITH THE
MEDELLINCARTEL. IN 1990 HE WASELECTEDTO CARRYOUT THE DUTIES
O!? DIRECTOR OF CRIMINAL INSTROCTION, BUT DAS GEN~RAL ((MA?.A);
SUCCESSFULLY3LOCKED HIS APPOINTMENTTO THAT POST.
96' VICTOR ( ( POLAY)) - TBE PERUVIANLEADEROf THE "TUPAC AMARU"
GUERRILLAGROUPWHICHOPERATES IN PERO ANO WHICHFINANCES ITS
REVOLUTIONWITH THE CULTIVATIONAND SALE OF COCALEAVES FOR
EVENTUALE'ROCESSING. THE TU?AC AMAROPROTECTSTHE NARCOTIC
TRAFFICKERS OPERATING IN PERU'S ALTO HOALLAGA(UPPER HUALi,AGA)
REGION FROVJDTNGCOCAINE BASE TO 80TH THS MEDELLINAND CALI
CARTELS.
97. EDGARROBERTO ( (TABORDAESCOBAR)) - ALIAS "EL POETA". REPEAT
PHOTO (SEE NUMBER59 O~ THE ENCLOSUER).
98. MIKE ((TSALICKIS)} - A NORTHAMERICANOF GREEKORIGIN, WHO
WASASSOCIATED-lITH THE CONSORTIUM,WHICHOPERATEDTHE FLORIDA
AMAZONICTRADERC:NTERPRISE, WHICHWASUTILIZED TO INTRODUCETON$
O: COCAINE INTO THE OS. TSALICKIS WORKEDFOR THE CALI CARTELANO
SPECIFICALLY FOR GILBERTO ( {RODRIGUEZ, ORE,JOELA)). HE ALSO WORK:::D
FOR THE AMAZONAS DEPARTMEN'rOF COLOMBIA. IN MAYOF 1988, HE WAS
ARRESTEDIN TAMPA, FLORIDA.WITH 8,700 POUNDSOF COCAINECONCEALED
IN A SHIPMENTOF WOOD. OOB 270615.
99' LEON {(TARAZONA)}- AN EX-CAPTAIN IN THE COLOMBIAN ARMYWHO
WAS DISCHARGEDFOR BAD CONDUCT(NFI). HE IS ALSO KNOWN AS LUIS
( (RAMIREZ)), AND IS THE CHIEF OF A SELF-DErENSE GROUE'W:lICH HAS
C:OMMI1'TEDMURDERSIN THE MAGDALENA MEDIO JI.REAOF COLOMBIA. HIS
GROUPHAS BEEN FINANCEDB'f TH.E MEDELLIN CARTEL.
100. SALOMON( (SHUTTER)} - A NARCOTICSTRAFE'ICKERLIVING IN THE
NORTHCOAS'f AREA 01: COLOMBIA,WHOSEEXTRADITIONHAS BEEN REQUESTED
3Y THE US. HE WASARRESTED1N COLOMBIAAND PLACE:!JIN 'l'HE
BXTRADITIONPROCESS; HOWEVER,DUETO KIDNAPPINGS, THREATS, ANO
NEGOTIATIONSWITH THE GOVERNMENT THE EXTRADITIONSr!AVEBEEN
SUSPENDED.
101. FERNANDO( (GUTIERREZ PEREZ)) - A COLOMBIAN NARCOTICS
TRAFFICKERWHOWAS CAPTUREDAND EXTRADITEDTO THE US IN 1990 FOR
DRUGTRAFFICKING. HIS 'fRIAL IS IN PROCESS. DOB 500127.
102' PAULAANDREA( (MENDOZA LONDONO)) - A MEMBEROE' THF. NATIONAL
LIBERATION ARMY (BLN) TERRORIST WHICHOPERATESIN THE VARIOUS
PARTS O: COLOMBIA. MENDOZABELONGSTOAN URBANGOERRILLACELL.

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HE LEADS AN lJRBAN TERRORIST GROUi?AND HAS BE?.N IDENTIFIED IN
MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA.
10~. LUIS FERNANDO( {GARCIAGOMEZ)) - A TERRORIST BELONGINGTO AN
EL~ URBAN TERRORIST GROUP. HE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED ALONGWITH
~.ARIO ESCOBARANO PAULA MENDOZAAS BEING IN THE MEDELLIN A~EA.
THEIR G~OUP IS IN CHARGEOF CONOUCTINGS~LECTIVE ATTACKSWITH
DYNAMIT~BOMBINGSOR HOMICIDES.
(NOTE - NO PHOTOGR.ll,PHS WEREAVAILABLE FOR THE FOLLOWlNGLISTEO
INDIVIou;..:.s, HOWEVER,!NFORMATIONHAS oEEN PROVIDEO).
A. fRANCISCO HUMBE:RTO( iZULUAGAPINEDA)) - ALIAS "LA PULGA".
P.EJGHT - 69 Il\CHES, WEIGHT - 160 POONDS1 WAVYBROWNHAIR,
APPROXIMATELY40 YEARS O D. HIS CORRENTRESIDENCE AND CENTERS OF
OPERATIONS ARE IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, MIAMI, AND NEW
YORK. ZULOAGAWAS RAISED IN THE: BARRIO MANRIQUEOF MEDELLIN,
COLOMBIA, ANO ATAN EARLY AGE HE BEGANAS A PICKPOCKET, A ROBBER,
AND AUTO TfEEf. IN 1977 HE TRAVELEOTO THE US WITH ?ALSE
DOCUMF:NTS ANO SERVED AS A C:OLLECTOROF THE NARCOTIC TRAFFICKERS.
HE NAS ARRESTED BY US IMMIGRATIONAOTHORITIES, GAVE A FALSE NAME,
WAS SENTENCEDANO SERVED TIME IN A US PRISON. HE WAS DEPO~TED
BACK TO CCLOMB!ACIRCA 1994. IN MEDELLIN HE ALLIED F.IMSE:LE'WlTH
PABLO ESCOBARAND BECAMEAN ASSASSIN GANGCHIEF. CURREN~LY, USING
HlS REAL NAMEHE OBTAINED A VISA {B-1' B-2, ORA BUSINESS VISA)
WI1'H WHICH HE CAN PERMANENTLY TRAVEL TO THE OS. HE HAS ALSO BEEN
KNOWNTO TRAVEL OFTEN TO COSTA RICA ANO WAS COMMISSIONEDBY PABLO
ESCOBAR'!'O HEAD AN IMPORTANTTRAFFICKING RING THERE AND IN THE
OS. REPORTEDLY' ZULUAGAWAS IN CHARGEOF EXECUTINGARIK ( (AREC)},
AN ISRAELI Cl'rlZEN WHOWORKEDWITH YAIR KLEIN AND COLLABORATED
\~I'!'H THE CJl.RTELARMY. ZULUAGAALONGWITH OTP.ER MEMEERSOf THE
MEDELLIN CARTEL IS IN CHARGEOF A CARTEL ASSASSINATION GROUP IN
THE ns. HE HAS VARIOUS E'ALSE IDENTITIES WHICil HE UTILIZES IN
TRAVEL TO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. HE TRAVELS FROM BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
TO COSTA RICA ANO THE US EIJERY MONTHWHEREHE HAS ORGANIZEDONE OF
J'HE MOST I~PORTANT GROOPS IN THE MEDELLXNCARTEL. ZULUAGAIS A
PERSONAL fRIEND OF JOSE ( (OCAMPOOBANDO)), ALIAS "PELUZA"" WHO
ALSO Wl\S PAISED IN THE MANRIQtJEBARRIO OF MEDELLIN. ZULUAGAIS
J\.LSO IN CHARGEO: BUYING WEAPONSIN COSTA RICA, NICARAGUA' AND IN
THE US FOR TnE MEDELLIN CARTEL.
3. DIEGO ALEXANPER ( (OCAMPOBERRIO)} - ALIAS "DIEGO OCAMPOD::'.L
RIO" ANO "VICTOR ALEXANDEROCAMPODEL BARCO". HE IS THE NEPHEWOF
JOSE OCAMPO, "PELUSA", WHO IS ALLEGEDTO BE 'l'HE FOURTHRANKING
MEMBERor THF. MEDELL:N CARTEL. OESPITE BEING ONLY 23 YEARS O::
AGE, HP. IS AN IMPORTANTMEMBEROF THE ME:DELLINCARTEL WHOHAS BEEN
Ci.'-'~lSSIONE:OBY THE CARTEL TO CARRYOUT TERRORIST ACTIONS IN
XEDELLIN AND BOGOTA, COLOMBTASINCE THE OECLARATlOKOF WARWITH
!HE COLOMBIANGOVERNMETON AUGUST 18' 1990. IN TRE US DIEGO
OCAMPOLEADS A GROUP Of' TERRORISTS (LOS PALISTINOS) CONTRACTEDBY
THE MEDELLTNCARTEL TO RESCOE IMPRISONED NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS IN
~S JAILS. OCAc~POTRAVELEDTO THE OS IN NOVtMBER19B9 ON A
BUSINESS VISA AND HAS BEEN CARRYINGOUT CRIME:SAND NARCOTICS
'I'MF'E'ICKING ACTIVITTES IN NEW YORKANO MIAMI. HE AS ALSO BEEN
KNO\i/N TO HAVE WORKEDIN EUROPEANGROUPS REPRESENTING THE MEDSLLIN
CARTEL. H8 SPECIALIZES IN EXPLOSIVES ANO IN THiIR PABRICAT~ONS
BEING TRAINED IN TERRORISM BY THE MERCENARIESWHOOPERATEDIN
COLOMBIA.BETWEEN1984 ANO 1990. HE IS ALSO IN CHARGEOF BOYING

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