A Colombian Accused by the US of Trafficking Cocaine and Supporting FARC Dissidents
The Eastern District of Louisiana indicted, in a third formal indictment, six associate members of a Colombian-Russian drug trafficking organization, including a Colombian citizen. The U.S. justice system accuses them of federal drug trafficking offenses, including conspiracy to import hundreds of kilograms of cocaine into the United States. The indictment charges four Russian citizens with […]
U.S. authorities have indicted six individuals, including a Colombian citizen, for their alleged involvement in a Colombian-Russian drug trafficking organization. The six are accused of federal drug trafficking offenses, including conspiracy to import hundreds of kilograms of cocaine into the United States. Four of the defendants are Russian citizens, while the other two are Italian and Colombian nationals.
They face mandatory minimum sentences of up to life imprisonment and fines of up to US$10 million for their alleged crimes. The Colombian citizen, Diago Gomez-Morillo, is charged with conspiring to provide material support to the FARC-EP, a designated foreign terrorist organization by the U.S.
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