News (Media Awareness Project) - Peru: Top Drug Trafficker Caught |
| Title: | Peru: Top Drug Trafficker Caught |
| Published On: | 2000-01-26 |
| Source: | San Luis Obispo County Tribune (CA) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-05 05:26:31 |
PRESIDENT: TOP DRUG TRAFFICKER CAUGHT
President Alberto Fujimori said Tuesday that police had captured the chief
of Peru's top drug cartel in the Amazon jungle.
Adolfo Cachique was arrested early Tuesday in the central jungle province
of Contamana along the banks of the Ucayali River, 355 miles north-eas of
Lima.
Fujimori described Cachique and his brothers as leading "the most important
narcotics gang operating in Peru" and said the alleged drug boss was a
major supplier of cocaine to the United States.
President Alberto Fujimori said Tuesday that police had captured the chief
of Peru's top drug cartel in the Amazon jungle.
Adolfo Cachique was arrested early Tuesday in the central jungle province
of Contamana along the banks of the Ucayali River, 355 miles north-eas of
Lima.
Fujimori described Cachique and his brothers as leading "the most important
narcotics gang operating in Peru" and said the alleged drug boss was a
major supplier of cocaine to the United States.
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