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    December 15, 2011

Venezuela Extradites Drug Kingpin to US

   VOA News
   Venezuelan soldiers escort Colombian drug-trafficking boss Maximiliano
   Bonilla Orozco (R) and Gildardo de Jesús García Cardona, before being
   extradited to the United States, in Caracas on December 15, 2011.
   Photo: AFP
   Venezuelan soldiers escort Colombian drug-trafficking boss Maximiliano
   Bonilla Orozco (R) and Gildardo de Jesús GarcÃa Cardona, before being
   extradited to the United States, in Caracas on December 15, 2011.

   Venezuela has deported a top Colombian drug trafficking suspect to the
   United States, where he will face charges of shipping tons of cocaine
   to the U.S.
   Maximiliano Bonilla Orozco was turned over Thursday to U.S. authorities
   at an airport in Caracas, where he was led aboard a plane.
   Orozco, who also goes by the name "Valenciano," was arrested last month
   in central Venezuela. The United States had put out a $5 million award
   for information leading to his capture.
   Orozco is accused of shipping tons of cocaine to the United States with
   the help of a Mexican drug cartel. He allegedly used legitimate
   companies as fronts to conceal the drug shipments.

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