Hardly A White Christmas: Colombians Extradite Suspected Drug Lord Diego Montoya To The U.S.

Suspected crime boss and drug lord Diego “My Name Is Not Inigo” Montoya has been extradited to the United States. Montoya , who appeared on the FBI’s ten most wanted list along with Osama bin Laden, is described as having toppled the infamous Cali cartel with his own so-called Norte del Valle cartel.

On Monday, Montoya will be a indicted by a federal court in Miami on 12 charges, including drug trafficking and murder. His cartel is responsible for over 70% of cocaine exports to the United States and Europe. We’d feel really sorry for striped-shirted ibankers right now if we didn’t know they could no longer afford to buy coke anyway.

National police chief Oscar Naranjo exuberantly announced that:

“This extradition means the end of the Norte del Valle cartel. All of its major leaders have been caught or killed.”

And, fun fact: The Norte del Valle cartel will forever hold a place in the annals of pop culture history for inspiring the top-rated telenovela “Cartel de los Sapos.”

Colombia extradites suspected drug lord to U.S. [Reuters]
Top Colombian drug trafficker arrives for trial in US [AFP]