News (Media Awareness Project) - US FL: Antidrug Official's Son Is Guilty In Heroin Case |
| Title: | US FL: Antidrug Official's Son Is Guilty In Heroin Case |
| Published On: | 2001-02-10 |
| Source: | New York Times (NY) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-27 00:35:37 |
ANTIDRUG OFFICIAL'S SON IS GUILTY IN HEROIN CASE
MIAMI, Feb. 9 (AP) The teenage son of a top Colombian antidrug official
has been sentenced to nearly six years in a United States prison for trying
to smuggle heroin.
The youth, Andres Felipe Lafaurie Restrepo, 19, pleaded guilty and was
sentenced on Jan. 24.
Mr. Lafaurie's mother, Maria Restrepo, heads the Colombian agency that
helps create new livelihoods for farmers who agree to stop growing coca and
poppy plants used to make cocaine and heroin.
Mr. Lafaurie arrived at the Miami airport on a Nov. 22 flight from Colombia
with 7.3 pounds of heroin taped to his legs.
MIAMI, Feb. 9 (AP) The teenage son of a top Colombian antidrug official
has been sentenced to nearly six years in a United States prison for trying
to smuggle heroin.
The youth, Andres Felipe Lafaurie Restrepo, 19, pleaded guilty and was
sentenced on Jan. 24.
Mr. Lafaurie's mother, Maria Restrepo, heads the Colombian agency that
helps create new livelihoods for farmers who agree to stop growing coca and
poppy plants used to make cocaine and heroin.
Mr. Lafaurie arrived at the Miami airport on a Nov. 22 flight from Colombia
with 7.3 pounds of heroin taped to his legs.
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