BRIBERY SUSPECTED IN MAJOR DRUG TRIAL

MIAMI, FLORIDA -- Federal prosecutors believe a juror who served in the
1996 trial of two reputed cocaine kingpins received $500,000 to secure at
least a hung jury.

A man who bought a Cadillac and a Rolex after serving on the jury in the
trial of Salvador "Sal" Magluta and Augusto "Willie" Falcon is under
investigation for allegedly accepting a bribe to cast not-guilty votes, The
Miami Herald reported Sunday.

Magluta and Falcon were acquitted of 17 counts of drug smuggling in
February 1996. It was a shocking defeat for the government in the face of
what prosecutors and agents considered overwhelming evidence.

Roy Black, Magluta's lawyer, said the not-guilty verdict was unanimous and
did not hinge on any one vote.