World IN BRIEF : COLOMBIA : Former Lawyer for Escobar Is Killed
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A lawyer who recently stopped representing cocaine king Pablo Escobar because of death threats was killed by unidentified gunmen as he left his office in Medellin, police said. They said two gunmen riddled Salomon Lozano with more than 25 bullets and severely injured his brother in an ambush. Lozano, 35, is the fifth Escobar lawyer to be gunned down in the last four months. Police suspect the killings are the work of People Persecuted by Pablo Escobar, a shadowy paramilitary group.
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