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1.3 tons of Cocaine
    #7061261 - 06/18/07 12:12 PM (16 years, 9 months ago)

http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/states/newsrel/nyc061807.html

JUN 18 -- JOHN P. GILBRIDE, the Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration in New York and MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that a jury in Manhattan convicted MANUEL FELIPE SALAZAR-ESPINOSA, a/k/a “Hoover,” this afternoon on cocaine importation and money laundering charges.

DEA Special Agent in Charge John Gilbride, “Today’s verdict is a victory to law enforcement across the globe. Manuel “Hoover” Salazar-Espinosa was responsible for flooding American streets with thousands of pounds of cocaine while profiting millions of dollars. DEA is committed to identifying the drug kingpins that sit on the top of the drug trafficking chain bringing them to justice.”

SALAZAR-ESPINOSA, designated by the Justice Department as one of the world’s most significant drug kingpins, had been extradited from Colombia in August 2006, after being arrested there by Colombian authorities the previous year. According to the evidence at trial: SALAZAR-ESPINOSA conspired with notorious Mexican cocaine cartel leaders ARMANDO VALENCIA-CORNELIO and OSCAR NAVAVALENCIA to import ton-quantities of Colombian cocaine, through Mexico, to the City of New York, on a weekly basis. SALAZARESPINOSA also assisted in the laundering of $12 million to $14 million in narcotics proceeds per week during the period 2002 to 2005. The Government also proved SALAZAR-ESPINOSA’s responsibility for a 1.3-ton cocaine shipment destined for the United States, which was seized while concealed in the arm of a crane in Panama in July 2005.



SALAZAR-ESPINOSA was convicted on all counts of a three-count Indictment, charging him with conspiring to import cocaine, distributing cocaine with intent to import, and conspiring to launder narcotics proceeds. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment, and a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. The terms of SALAZAR ESPINOSA’s extradition from Colombia require that the United States seek sentence of a term of years, rather than a life sentence. SALAZAR-ESPINOSA will be sentenced by United States District Judge LEWIS A. KAPLAN on October 2, 2007 at 4:30 PM.



Prior to his arrest, SALAZAR-ESPINOSA had been designated by the Department of Justice to the Consolidated Priority Organization Target (“CPOT”) list, a list of the most powerful and dangerous narcotics traffickers in the world. His successful prosecution is the result of a multi-year investigation by this Office’s International Narcotics Trafficking Unit, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Drug Enforcement Task Force, its Bogotá Country Office, Merida, Mexico Resident Office, and Panama City Country Office, with the assistance of foreign law enforcement authorities in Colombia, Panama and Mexico.

Mr. GARCIA stated: “With today’s conviction, HOOVER SALAZAR-ESPINOSA’s 20-year-long career of narcotics trafficking and money laundering has come to an end. We are grateful to the many agents of the DEA all over the world, the NYPD Detectives and State Police Investigators in the New York Drug Enforcement Task Force, and our law enforcement partners in Colombia, Panama and Mexico, who dedicated themselves to bringing this kingpin to justice.”

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Re: 1.3 tons of Cocaine [Re: wireless]
    #7062002 - 06/18/07 03:04 PM (16 years, 9 months ago)

how many acres of coca does it take to produce one kilo of pure coke?

Edited by maggotz (06/18/07 03:05 PM)

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Re: 1.3 tons of Cocaine [Re: maggotz]
    #7066267 - 06/19/07 04:04 PM (16 years, 9 months ago)

wow....ps i like ur little paradox lol


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Re: 1.3 tons of Cocaine [Re: maggotz]
    #7067048 - 06/19/07 07:13 PM (16 years, 9 months ago)

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Edited by EntheogenicPeace (06/12/16 08:13 PM)

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Re: 1.3 tons of Cocaine [Re: EntheogenicPeace]
    #7067100 - 06/19/07 07:27 PM (16 years, 9 months ago)

:lol:
nah, just wondered how much would need to be processed to get a ton of blow.

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Re: 1.3 tons of Cocaine [Re: wireless]
    #7067103 - 06/19/07 07:27 PM (16 years, 9 months ago)

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Edited by EntheogenicPeace (06/12/16 08:16 PM)

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InvisibleKoala Koolio
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Re: 1.3 tons of Cocaine [Re: EntheogenicPeace]
    #7067187 - 06/19/07 07:51 PM (16 years, 9 months ago)

Yes. Edit the first post, please.


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Re: 1.3 tons of Cocaine [Re: Koala Koolio]
    #7067217 - 06/19/07 08:00 PM (16 years, 9 months ago)

Not a problem, KK. Government websites go through hiderefer.com, an anonymous redirector, so there is no indication what site the link originated from.

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Re: 1.3 tons of Cocaine [Re: veggie]
    #7067364 - 06/19/07 08:36 PM (16 years, 9 months ago)

That's neat! :smile:


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