Not-Guilty Pleas Entered in Drug Money Case
Two Colombians arrested in international waters after being lured onto a yacht by FBI agents pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that they laundered millions of dollars in purported drug money.
Jorge Ignacio Restrepo Lopez, 36, and Julio Robolledo, 33, have been described by prosecutors as top-level launderers for the so-called Medellin drug cartel. Trial was set for April 16 before U. S. District Judge David V. Kenyon in Los Angeles.
Restrepo and Robolledo are charged in a 10-count indictment with conspiracy and money laundering. If convicted, they face up to 20 years in prison on each count. According to prosecutors, the two laundered about $9 million through undercover FBI agents posing as money-launderers between 1988 and 1990.
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