Pubdate: Wed, 26 Jan 2000
Source: San Luis Obispo County Tribune (CA)
Copyright: 2000 The Tribune
Contact:  P.O. Box 112, San Luis Obispo, CA 93406-0112
Fax: 805.781.7905
Website: http://www.thetribunenews.com/
Author: Associated Press

PRESIDENT: TOP DRUG TRAFFICKER CAUGHT

President Alberto Fujimori said Tuesday that police had captured the chief
of Peru's top drug cartel in the Amazon jungle.

Adolfo Cachique was arrested early Tuesday in the central jungle province
of Contamana along the banks of the Ucayali River, 355 miles north-eas of
Lima.

Fujimori described Cachique and his brothers as leading "the most important
narcotics gang operating in Peru" and said the alleged drug boss was a
major supplier of cocaine to the United States.
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