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WORLD & NATION
Wednasday, August 23, 1989
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Panamanian Embassy
plans to shut down until
democracy is restored
9 WASHINGTON (AP) — The
Panamanian Embassy in Wash
ington. which has been under the
control of forces opposed to Gen
Manuel Antonio Noriega, will be
closed neat week until democracy
is restored to Panama, it was an
nounced Tuesday.
Ambassador Juan B. Sosa, who
has used the embassy as an anti-
Noriega headquarters for the past
18 months, made the disclosure
in a telephone interview on the
eve of an Organization of Ameri
can States foreign ministers meet
ing on Panama.
Sosa was appointed ambassa
dor to Washington by then-Presi-
dent Eric Arturo Delvalle two
years ago Delvalle was deposed
by Noriega’s allies in February
1988 but the United States con
tinues to regard him as the legiti
mate authority in Panama.
It has continued to recognize
Sosa as Panama’s official envoy
Sosa said he has decided to
close the embassy on Aug. 31 be
cause Sept 1 is the date on which
Delvalle s term was scheduled to
expire
"We have always maintained
we are fighting for a constitu
tional prinqfPle." Sosa said, add
ing he and his family are vacating
the embassy and will move to an
apartment in Washington. He in
tends to continue his struggle
against Noriega, he said.
Sosa said State Department of
ficials have informed him they
concur with his decision to close
the embassy
Panamanian President Manuel
Solis Palma attempted to replace
Sosa last year but the envoy, with
U.S. goverment support, refused
to relinquish control of the em
bassy
Sosa has had partial access to
Panamanian government funds
in the United States which were
frozen by the Reagan administra
tion to prevent Noriega from
having access to them Sosa has
used the funds to keep the em
bassy functioning
Department pushes for extradition
of most wanted alleged traffickers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Jus
tice Department on Tuesday listed
the “Dozen Most Wanted’ alleged
Colombian drug traffickers it wants
extradited to the United States, in
cluding the leadership of the Medel
lin and Cali cocaine cartels
The list does not include the one
alleged major money-launderer who
has been arrested by Cofombtan au
thorities. Eduardo * Martinez Ro
mero, and the department has not
yet said whether M wants Martinez
extradited
* A Colombian official said in Bo
gota that the first moves toward ex
traditing Martinez had already been
made
“Facing trial in the United States
is what these drug lords fear the
most,” Attorney General Dick
Thornburgh said in a statement
’This list of a dozen priority offend
ers is only the first phase of our ex
tradition efforts. Our review of
those whom we seek for trial is on
going and the list is likely to be sup
plemented in the near future.’*
Thornburgh said he was sending
the list to the Colombian govern
ment.
Included are reputed Medellin
cartel leaders Pablo Emilio Escobar
Caviria. 39. Jorge Luis Ochoa Vas-
quez. 40. and Jose Gonzalo Rodri
guez Gacha, 42.
In all. about 80 alleged Colombian
drug traffickers are under indict
ment in the United States, but their
cases have languished since the Co
lombian Supreme Caiurt overturned
its extradition treats- with the United
States in 1987. the department said
Colombian President Virgilio
Barm instituted emergency mea
sures over the weekend to allow the
immediate resumption of extradi
tions His action was triggr-red by the
assassination Friday of Luis (Carlos
Calan. a leading presidential candi
date and an outspoken foe of the
drug traffickers
Also on the Dozen Most Wanted’’
list are:
—Two of Ochoa Vasquez s broth
ers. Fahio. 32. and Juan David. 41.
along with Custas-o de Jesus Caviria
Rivero. 42. and Gerardo Monruda.
42 All are allegedly members of the
Medellin cartel
— Jose Kan Duarte Acero, 37. a
former policeman who allcgedl\
works with the Medellin cartel. Ac
ero is the gunman . . . who was re
sponsible for the attempted murder
of two of our agents down there."
DEA s|xikesman Cion Doogbcrts
said
Groups file suit against
Mosbacher for actions
on behalf of shrimpers
Judge sentences disbarred attorney
to jail; found in contempt of court
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tues
day ordered disbarred attorney William Borders to jail
for refusing to answer questions from a Senate panel
gathering evidence in the Alcee L. Hastings impeach
ment trial.
U.S. District Judge Thomas Pennfield Jackson found
Borders in contempt of court and gave him until 10
a m Friday to put nis affairs in order and surrender to
federal marshals.
Jackson acted hours after Borders refused for the
third time in a month to answ-cr questions posed by the
Hastings impeachment committee
The committee is gathering estdence concerning
charges that Hastings, a 52-year-old U.S district judge
from Florida, conspired with Borders to obtain a
SI50.000 payoff and lied about it before a jury that ac
quitted him in I983.\ - v-—.; is *a ■■
Hastings, who was impeached by the House in Au
gust 1988. is also accused of improperly disclosing in
formation that government investigators obtained
through a court-approved wiretap
Once the* committee finishes its report, the full Sen
ate will vote on whether to remove Hastings from the
federal bench and thus take away the $89,500 annual
salary he continues to collect
While Hastings was acquitted by a federal court jury.
Borders was com icted of the payoff conspiracy charges
in 1982. He was disbarred, sent to prison for 33 months
and shorn of the political influence officials say he
wielded in the Washington of the late H#/Os
At the request of the Senate. Jack so o’ held Borders in
civil contempt of court for refusing to losttfy after being
granted immunity from prosecution' for anything con-
eeminn the payoff plot tpafTfe might sav in the pro-
or adme — a — -■ - v—*
WASHINGTON (AP) — Five
conservation groups base filed suit
against Commerce Sec retary Robert
Mosbacher. alleging his actions on
behalf of shimpers nave vinuallv as
sured the drowning of thousands of
threatened and endangered sea tur
tle*.
In a federal lawsuit filed late Mon
day, the organizations claim Mos
bacher acted unlawfully when he
suspended regulations requiring
shrimpers to use devices that pre
vent sea turtles from becoming
ensnarled in their nets and drown-
The lawsuit seeks to force Mos
bacher to resume enforcement of
the suspended regulations on turtle
excluder devic es. or TED*.
Mosbacher suspended TEDs reg
ulations after shrimpers, angrv
about having to use devices the\
claim reduce their catch by as much
as one-third, blockaded shipping
channels along the Texas Gulf
Coast.
Under a court order to protec t rn-
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dagered sea turtles in a separate law
suit Tiled by the National Wildlife
Federation. Mosbacher then or
dered shrimpers who don’t use
TEDs to limit their trawling times to
105 minutes.
Michael J. Bean, an attorney for
the Environmental Defense Fund,
said there has been “no sign" that
Gulf Coast shrimpers are complying
with the limited trawl times Under
the rules, shrimpers can have their
nets in the water at only prescribed
intervals.
Although Mosbacher was led to
believe shrimpers would comply
with the restricted tow times bv their
organizations and congressmen, “all
the evidence available suggests the
secretary was tricked. 'They (shrimp
ers) don’t want the federal govern
ment telling them they have an obli
gation to protect sea turtles." Bean
said Tuesday.
Commerce spokesman Brian Gor
man said the agency is waiting “for
the courts to make a judgment about
the appropriateness of our course of
action.
Man accused
of murder
in 4 states
WICHITA. Kan (AP' — A
New Mexico prosecutor says that
once Gregg F. Braun is tried in
that state for the slay ing of a con
venience store clerk he will lie
transferred to Kansas for trial
there
Braun. 28. of Carden Citv,
Kan , is art-used of killing five
people in four state's during a
multi-state n»bl*erv ami homicide
spree last month In addition to
New Mexico and Kansas. Braun
is c harged in (fklalionia and
Texas
Braun. wh<> worked at a feed-
lot near Garden City, is jailed in
New Mexico in lieu of tl million
Ixtil He is acc iis«*d of killing Ger
aldine Valdes. 48. a clerk at a
Springer. N.M.. gas station and
comenicnoe store during a July
23 rohliery.
Braun was arrested at a roadb
lock north of Springer a short
time after the* shooting A ,25-cal-
iher pistol was found in the car.
Police have said all of the* virt’nis
were killed with a 25-caliber
weapon
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