Rodriguez’s Brother Sought
Police battled violence and drugs Monday by arresting suspects in a lethal bombing and hunting for the second of two brothers believed to run the notorious Cali cocaine cartel.
Several people were arrested as suspects in the bombing of a street festival that killed 29 people Saturday. The bombing came one day after police arrested Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, who with his brother, Miguel, leads the Cali cartel.
Police carried out more raids Monday in the search for the brother. Their counterparts in Bogota did not dismiss a possible cartel role in the Medellin bombing.
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