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  | **Caribbean and South America Drug Lords Indicted***More Than 50 Individuals Arrested In             Operations Busted Manatee and                Double Talk*

**JUN                23** -- WASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorney General John Ashcroft, DEA              Administrator Karen Tandy and ONDCP Director John Walters today              announced the               indictment and arrest of Colombian drug trafficker Elias Cobos-Munoz,              the               reputed head of one of the largest drug trafficking and drug               transportation organizations based in Colombia and Jamaica, and              more than 50 other             high-level traffickers.

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**Major                  Cartel Lieutenants  Arrested in Mexico******

**JUN 7--**DEA                Administrator Karen P. Tandy, along with U.S. Marshal Service                Director Benigno Reyna and FBI Acting Assistant Director, Criminal                Investigative Division, Joseph R. Lewis, today announced the                arrests of two key members of the ARELLANO-FELIX criminal organization                (AFO).

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**DEA                  Mourns One of Our Own**

**JUN                  1--**On Friday, May 28th, DEA Special Agent/Pilot Terrance                  Loftus was tragically killed when his plane crashed shortly                  after taking off from Midway Airport in Chicago. Administrator                  Karen Tandy said of this tragedy, “This brave Special                  Agent worked every day to ensure that our schools and neighborhoods                  were protected from the scourge of drugs. We are grateful for                  his service and will continue to be led by his dedicated example.                  Our heartfelt prayers and deepest sympathies go out to the                  family members of our fallen DEA comrade.”

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