Pubdate: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 Source: Irish Independent (Ireland) Copyright: Independent Newspapers (Ireland) Ltd Contact: http://www.independent.ie/ HILLARY HANDS BACK DRUG LINK DONATION Hillary Clinton has returned a $22,000 campaign donation from a businesswoman with links to a Cuban-American drug smuggler. The First Lady's Senate campaign sent back the gift from Vivian Mannerud Verble, who was at the centre of a Clinton fundraising scandal involving a cocaine trafficker now serving a 19-year jail sentence. Ms Verble, whose company, Airline Brokers, runs charter flights between Cuba and Miami, was responsible for soliciting a $20,000 donation for the 1996 Clinton-Gore re-election campaign from drug dealer Jorge Cabrera. It was also returned after he was jailed. Ms Verble's gift to Mrs Clinton was received in February. - --- MAP posted-by: Derek Rea