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| Top Colombia 'drug lord' arrested | Top Colombia 'drug lord' arrested |
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| Police in Colombia have captured suspected drug baron Diego Montoya, the country's interior minister says. | |
| He was arrested in the west the country after a long manhunt, officials said. | |
| Mr Montoya - known in Colombia's underworld as the "boss of bosses" - appears on the US Federal Bureau of Investigation's "10 Most Wanted" list. | Mr Montoya - known in Colombia's underworld as the "boss of bosses" - appears on the US Federal Bureau of Investigation's "10 Most Wanted" list. |
| He is accused of producing tons of cocaine for the US market. Officials say he helped found the Norte del Valle cartel based near the city of Cali. | He is accused of producing tons of cocaine for the US market. Officials say he helped found the Norte del Valle cartel based near the city of Cali. |
| In July the Colombian government extradited another alleged leader of the cartel, Luis Hernando Gomez Bustamante. | |
| Gomez Bustamante was arrested in Cuba in July 2004 after entering on a false passport and returned to Colombia earlier this year. |