Pubdate: Fri, 15 Mar 2002
Source: New York Times (NY)
Section: New York Region
Copyright: 2002 The New York Times Company
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/298
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COUPLE ADMITS TO LAUNDERING DRUG MONEY

A former New York City police officer and his wife pleaded guilty yesterday 
to charges of laundering $6 million to $10 million from cocaine sales.

The former officer, Homero Zapata, who had resigned after his arrest, and 
his wife, Liliana, of Glen Cove, entered pleas in federal court on Long 
Island after prosecutors presented their case at a trial.

The prosecutors said that a Colombian narcotics ring sold 60 tons of 
cocaine in the New York region, and that the Zapatas took the money to 
Miami to buy goods and ship them to Colombia.

The couple were caught with $208,000 when an officer stopped their car in 
South Carolina in 1999.
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