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Major Drug Trafficker Is Arrested in Brazil
By REUTERS

BOGOTÁ, Colombia, May 17 (Reuters) — Colombian and United States authorities said Wednesday that they had caught a major drug smuggler and 31 associates wanted for extradition for shipping 70 metric tons of cocaine to the United States over the past decade.

A three-year investigation led to the capture of the ringleader, Pedro Pablo Rayo Montaño, in Brazil and the seizure of $70 million in assets, including three islands off Panama, yachts, art galleries and fishing trawlers, the officials said.

"The Rayo Montaño organization had its own private navy to run a drug business that was nearly as sophisticated as a small nation," Karen Tandy, an administrator with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, said in announcing the indictment.

Mr. Rayo Montaño was among the top 42 drug traffickers sought for extradition by authorities in the United States, said Gen. Jorge Alirio Barón, the antinarcotics director for the Colombian National Police.

The indictment, by the United States attorney's office in Miami, charged the 32 people arrested with conspiracy to import cocaine.