The World - News from Feb. 21, 1985
Lewis A. Tambs, U.S. ambassador to Colombia, said individuals suspected of being drug traffickers tried to bribe U.S. Embassy guards to assassinate him. Tambs, 57, who is apparently being assigned to another diplomatic post, told a television station in Bogota that presumed drug traffickers planned to kill him because he defended an extradition treaty that has sent four Colombians to the United States for trial on drug-related charges. Earlier this week, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration confirmed reports that Colombian drug traffickers offered $300,000 for the kidnaping of DEA chief Francis Mullen or other DEA officials.
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