WORLD IN BRIEF : COLOMBIA : Statement Indicates Split in Drug Cartel
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Associates of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar issued a statement condemning their leader for a deadly bomb attack last week, indicating a split in Colombia’s powerful Medellin drug cartel. The communique claimed that Escobar did not consult his drug-trafficking allies before the bombing Wednesday of a police convoy that killed 22 people and wounded 85.
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