Pubdate: Mon, 25 Nov 2002
Source: Gainesville Sun, The (FL)
Copyright: 2002 The Gainesville Sun
Contact:  http://www.sunone.com/
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Author: The Associated Press

COLOMBIA ARRESTS EX-DRUG KING'S SON

BOGOTA, Colombia - The son of the former head of the Cali drug cartel was 
arrested on charges of possession of about 4 1/2 pounds of heroin, police 
said Monday.

Fernando Rodriguez Mondragon is the son of Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, a 
former leader of the Cali drug cartel. The elder Rodriguez was released 
from prison this month after serving half of a drug trafficking sentence.

Fernando Rodriguez was arrested Saturday in an apartment in Bogota, 
judicial police Col. Mario Gutierrez said. It was his first drug 
trafficking arrest, Gutierrez said.

Though Gilberto Rodriguez was freed Nov. 7, his brother, Miguel, remains in 
prison. Miguel Rodriguez' son, William Rodriguez, is wanted on drug 
trafficking charges in the United States. Colombia and U.S. authorities 
have been unable to locate him. The Cali cartel once controlled the 
majority of the world's cocaine trade.
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