The World - News from Jan. 20, 1988
A Colombian appeals court fired the judge who freed an alleged cocaine baron the United States has been trying to extradite. The federal superior court in Bogota said it had acted against Andres Montanez, a criminal court judge who signed the order Dec. 31 releasing Jorge Luis Ochoa Vasquez from a prison in Bogota. Ochoa was serving a 20-month sentence for illegal importation of fighting bulls. U.S. officials want him for trial on drug smuggling charges.
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