HIETT ACCOMPLICE SENTENCED LONGER

New York - A house painter who helped an Army colonel's wife smuggle drugs
from Colombia was sentenced to a longer prison term than she was - despite
blaming her for orchestrating the widely publicized plot. Judge Edward
Korman sentenced the admitted middleman, Hernan Arcila, to five years,
three months in prison. Two weeks ago, Korman gave Laurie Hiett - wife of
the former commander of U.S. anti-drug operations in Colombia - a five-year
sentence.