TREASURY'S LIST OF SUSPECTS IN DRUG TRAFFICKING GROWS

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has identified 137 businesses and
individuals - all in Spain and Colombia - that the United States suspects
of acting as fronts for Colombia's Cali drug cartel.

The Treasury Department announced Thursday that its Office of Foreign
Assets Control has added the names of 59 businesses and 78 people to the
government's list of suspected narcotics traffickers.

As a result, U.S. banks must block any financial assets found in this
country and in U.S. territories belonging to those on the list, and
Americans are barred from doing business with them.

The Treasury office determined that all 137 are linked to the Cali drug
cartel's international business and financial network operating in Spain
and Colombia, the department said.

In Spain, the blacklisted businesses include a real estate company, an
Internet services company and a coffee import-export business, the
department said.

In Colombia, the companies include pharmaceutical manufacturers and
distributors, a money-exchange house and real estate companies, the
department said.