The Americas

Colombia contemplates extraditing its drugsters

|BOGOTA

AS DRUG mobs go, Colombia's Cali gang had a gentlemanly reputation, of a sort: it preferred to buy rather than bomb its way to influence. But with its leaders in prison and its organisation in disarray, how far can it be pushed?

This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “Colombia contemplates extraditing its drugsters”

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