INTERVENTION IN COLOMBIA REJECTED

U.S. anti-drug czar Barry McCaffrey rejected the possibility of
American military intervention in Colombia, insisting Friday that the
government in Bogota must confront the drug trade.

``There will be no U.S. intervention, not even a discussion at all,''
McCaffrey said in Argentina, the final stop of a four-nation tour of
South America. ``It is certainly the viewpoint of those of us in the
United States that the solution can only come from the Colombian
leadership.''

Several visits to Bogota by high-ranking U.S. officials, coupled with
talk of increased U.S. aid and rising concerns in Washington over the
Colombia's situation, have fueled speculation in Colombia of an
imminent U.S. intervention.