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Colombia Police Capture Said Cartel Leader

Police captured a suspected leader of a drug cartel believed to have trafficked half the cocaine sold in the United States in the 1990s, officials said Friday. Commandos acting on a tip seized Jose Aldemar Rendon as he was jogging Thursday outside Medellin, Colombia’s second largest city some 155 miles northwest of the capital, said police Col. Jaime Gutierrez. “It’s an extremely important blow to the cartel because this man was in charge of sending the cocaine to the United States and is also an expert in the management of enormous sums of money,” Gutierrez said.Full Story