CALI DRUG-RING SUSPECT ESCAPES FROM BOGOTA PRISON.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. One of the top three leaders of the Cali drug cartel Noun 1. drug cartel - an illicit cartel formed to control the production and distribution of narcotic drugs; "drug cartels sometimes finance terrorist organizations" escaped Thursday from a maximum-security prison in Bogota. Jose Santacruz Londono, a kingpin in the world's biggest drug gang, sneaked out of La Picota prison Thursday afternoon, said Miller Rubio, spokesman for the Prisons Institute. Authorities believe Santacruz slipped out in a car that resembled one used earlier in the day by prosecutors. Prosecutors' cars are not checked when they enter or leave the prison. RCN RCN n abbr (= Royal Canadian Navy) → kanadische Marine radio said Santacruz's absence was noticed at a 4 p.m. head count. President Ernesto Samper  An editor has expressed concern that this article or section is .Please help improve the article by adding information and sources on neglected viewpoints, or by summarizing and called an emergency meeting of his ministers Thursday evening to discuss the escape. The assistant chief of police led a team of officers, including an elite squad known as the Search Block, to recapture the drug lord. Police set up roadblocks in some areas and stepped up security at Bogota airports. The national police chief offered a $2 million reward for information leading to Santacruz's recapture, RCN radio reported. "We're shocked by his escape, but if he was captured once, we can capture him a second time," said Justice Minister Carlos Medellin, who was sworn in Thursday. Santacruz was arrested July 4 in a plush Bogota steak house steak house or steak·house n. A restaurant that specializes in beefsteak dishes. . He was awaiting trial on charges of illicit enrichment, conspiracy and the murder of a state governor. During a three-month period beginning in June, police put six of the seven leaders of the Cali cartel Noun 1. Cali cartel - a drug cartel that seized control of cocaine production in Colombia in 1993; adopted techniques used by terrorist organizations (small cells and sophisticated communications equipment and close ties with politicians etc. behind bars, including brothers Miguel and Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, the cartel's other top leaders. The remaining five were all accounted for in jail Thursday, Rubio said. The other drug kingpin at large is Helmer Herrera, who is believed to head the cartel's military wing. Santacruz, known as "Chepe," was believed responsible for consolidating the cartel's distribution network in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of years ago. He also has been linked to the New York murder of journalist Manuel de Dios Unanue, who was investigating cartel operations in the city. |
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