From: Jim Rosenfield <[j n r] at [igc.apc.org]>
Newsgroups: talk.politics.drugs
Subject: Re: News Stories from the Drug War
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 1995 17:24:46 -0800 (PST)
RTw   11/30     Ex-Bolivia anti-drug czar admits guilt in drug
case

   MIAMI, Nov 30 (Reuter) - The former commander of Bolivia's
anti-drug forces pleaded guilty on Thursday on charges that he
protected shipments of cocaine headed for the United States, the
U.S. Attorney's Office said. 
   Colonel Faustino Rico Toro, 58, pleaded guilty to conspiracy
to distribute cocaine and faces a sentence of five to 40 years
and a fine of $2 million, officials said. 
   Rico Toro was indicted by a Miami federal grand jury in March
1994 and extradited to the United States this year following a
February ruling of the Bolivian Supreme Court. 
   He once commanded Bolivia's special forces against drug
trafficking, a division of the military. 
   "His extradition and conviction underscore the importance of
international cooperation in combatting drug trafficking," Miami
U.S. Attorney Kendall Coffey said in a statement. 
   Sentencing was set for February 8th. <<>>