Pubdate: 13 Feb.1999 Source: Orange County Register (CA) Copyright: 1999 The Orange County Register Contact: http://www.ocregister.com/ Section: News,page 3 NESTLE EXECUTIVE,4 OTHERS FREED AS DRUG CASE SETTLED An appellate court in Zacapa,Guatemala,cleared a former Nestle executive and two other men of drug charges Friday and reduced the sentences of two other Swiss men, enabling all five to walk free. Citing insufficient evidence, a three-judge panel overturned a September conviction of Andreas Haenggi Wyndler on drug-smuggling charges. The case against Haenggi, 62, his son Nicholas Haenggi Chalandrian, 23, and three others had involved shipments of cocaine worth $100 million sent from Guatemala to Europe in shipping containers and ornamental plants. "I'm very pleased with the decisions, but after 18 months in prison, my client was there too long," said Andreas Haenggi's lawyer, Fernando Linares. "Justice took too long." - --- MAP posted-by: