[NYTr] Colombian Military Drug Scandal Continues to Grow

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Prensa Latina, Havana
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Colombia Drug Probe Raps Naval Officers

Bogota, Aug16 (Prensa Latina) Six members of the Colombian Navy,
including four officers on active duty, could be involved in the
scandal of infiltration of the military bodies by drug traffickers,
informed the Attorney General's Office.

Links between the Colombian Navy and mafia were brought to light last
week when the retirement of Adm. Gabriel Arango Bacci was announced,
and although he claims innocence, the minister of Defense confirmed he
is subject of a thorough investigation.

The Attorney General's Office and naval counter intelligence bodies
have been compiling documents and recordings for a year and a half in
which those military officers are mentioned.

Inquiries started in Barranquilla in January 2006, when coastguards
seized a cocaine shipment on the Colombian ship, Guayacan with charts
containing coordinates of national and other nations' patrol boats.

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