Colombia to extradite 5 over drug trafficking, money laundering

The Colombian government will extradite five Colombian citizens to the U.S and Spain to face trial for drug trafficking and money laundering.

in May this year.

He will be extradited to the US on drug charges, while in Colombia he was also accused of forcing people of their land, extortion, aggravated assault, use of false documents and weapons offences.

Authorities accuse him of smuggling drug profits from the U.S through Mexico and Central America and into Colombia for laundering.

In 2007, Spanish courts tried Zapata in his absence, sentencing him to six years for smuggling several shipments of cocaine into the country.

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