Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Miami court set the Colombian drug barons of 30 years.

Maymi Court on Tuesday, April 28, sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment on the Colombian drug barons Eugenio Montoya (Eugenio Montoya), also known by the nickname of Don Hugo. That was reported by BBC News.
Montoya was arrested in Colombia in 2007 after being declared wanted by the FBI. In the same year he was extradited to the United States, where he was charged with drug trafficking and laundering of illegally obtained funds. According to the investigation, Don Hugo was the main financier biggest Colombian drug "North Valley" (Norte del Valle).
In 2009, Montoya, fully acknowledging his guilt, said that investments from the sale of drugs in the real estate and various types of business. According to him, which leads Reuters, the overall savings cartel accounts for around 20 million dollars.
Cartel "North Valley" has become the largest producer of cocaine in Colombia, after the nineties, authorities destroyed its two main competitors. According to expert estimates, the share of the cartel accounts for about 30 percent of the cocaine imported into the U.S..
In 2005, Montoya's brother, Juan Carlos and his cousin Carlos Felipe Toro had been sentenced in the United States for drug trafficking by 21 and 19 years in prison respectively.
Another brother, Eugenio Montoya, Diego made the FBI list of most wanted drug traffickers, was at the end of 2008, extradited from Colombia to the United States, where he was also awaiting trial.

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