COLOMBIA: MILITARY LEADER OF CALI COCAINE CARTEL HENRY LOAIZA CEBALLOS SURRENDERS TO POLICE.

Record ID: 318516

  • Title: COLOMBIA: MILITARY LEADER OF CALI COCAINE CARTEL HENRY LOAIZA CEBALLOS SURRENDERS TO POLICE.
  • Date: 19th June 1995
  • Summary: BOGATA, COLOMBIA (JUNE 19, 1995) (REUTERS TELEVISION - ACCESS ALL) 1. SLV SECURITY OUTSIDE ARMY BASE. 0.06 2. SV/VARIOUS OF HENRY LOAIZA CEBALLOS SEATED INSIDE MILITARY BASE WHERE HE TURNED HIMSELF IN/ MEDIA QUESTIONING LOAIZA/LOAIZA SITTING IN CHAIR NOT ANSWERING QUESTIONS. (7 SHOTS) 0.35 3. SV DEFENSE MINISTER FERNANDO BOTERO TAKING CEBALLOS AWAY. 0.44 6. SLV BOTERO ENTERING MEDIA CONFERENCE. 0.50 7. SV BOTERO ANNOUNCING SURRENDER AND SAYS CEBALLOS WILL BE TURNED OVER TO AUTHORITES TODAY AND THAT THIS LATEST SURRENDER IS PART OF AN ONGOING COMMITMENT BY THE COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT TO CAPTURE DRUG LORDS AND THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. (SPANISH)/MEDIA (4 SHOTS) 1.48 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 4th July 1995 13:00
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  • Location: BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
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  • Country: Colombia LATIN AMERICA
  • Reuters ID: LVA8I7HVYGOF2TKJDJC2QGK5YV0H
  • Story Text: The surrender of the military leader of the Cali cocaine cartel Henry Loaiza Ceballos on Monday (June 19) was greeted with delight by Colombian police, who have fought a guerrilla war with the traffickers for the past fifteen years.

    Ceballos turned himself in at an army base in northern Bogota on Monday, marking the Colombian government's latest victory in its war against the cartel, which controls most of the world's illegal cocaine trade.

    Defence Minister Fernando Botero told Reuters on Tuesday Loaiza's surrender was a result of pressure applied by the special army and police team that is searching for the cartel leaders throughout the southwestern city of Cali.

    "There isn't the slightest doubt that this surrender came as a consequence of the large operations being conducted by the government." he said.

    Loaiza's surrender came 10 days after Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, maximum leader of the cartel, was captured by the special team during a house raid in Cali.

    His capture was described as the greatest blow to Colombia's drug traffickers since the shooting death of drug lord Pablo Escobar in 1993.

    The government is offering a 574,000 United States dollar reward for each of the four other alleged leaders including Jose Santacruz Londono and Helmer Herrera.


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