Alleged Colombian trafficker caught

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  1. fettuccine
    pasta in flat strips wider than linguine
    Lopez and a bodyguard were arrested without a shot fired in the parking lot of "Fettuccine Mario," where he was expected to arrive for dinner in the Buenos Aires suburb of Pilar, police said Wednesday.
  2. Aire
    a river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire
    Associated Press/Victor R. Caivano - Policemen escort alleged Colombian drug lord Henry de Jesus Lopez, also known as "Mi Sangre," or "My Blood," in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Oct.
  3. Bogota
    capital and largest city of Colombia
    Lopez, 41, ran the "Urabenos" gang based northern Colombia after rising through the ranks of right-wing paramilitary groups that doubled as drug trafficking operations, national police director Gen. Jose Roberto Leon said in Bogota.
  4. extradite
    hand over to the authorities of another country
    He could be expelled by Argentina to Colombia, which would in turn extradite him to the United States, whose prisons house scores of Colombian drug traffickers.
  5. capo
    the head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate
    "Colombia now effectively has no more "capos" of regional or national reach," said Oscar Naranjo, who retired as Colombia's national police director in July.
  6. pilar
    of or relating to a hair
    Lopez and a bodyguard were arrested without a shot fired in the parking lot of "Fettuccine Mario," where he was expected to arrive for dinner in the Buenos Aires suburb of Pilar, police said Wednesday.
  7. paramilitary
    of a group of civilians operating like or assisting the army
    Lopez, 41, ran the "Urabenos" gang based northern Colombia after rising through the ranks of right-wing paramilitary groups that doubled as drug trafficking operations, national police director Gen. Jose Roberto Leon said in Bogota.
  8. systematically
    in a consistent manner
    Colombian traffickers are increasingly being arrested farther from home — in Venezuela, in Bolivia and now in Argentina — as Colombian authorities and dozens of DEA agents have systematically captured the country's kingpins and begun working their way down the chains of command of the remaining organized crime rings.
  9. emphasized
    spoken with intensity or forcefulness
    Berni emphasized the Argentine role, attributing the arrest to "a very thorough investigation" by his agency and federal forces.
  10. increasingly
    advancing in amount or intensity
    Colombian traffickers are increasingly being arrested farther from home — in Venezuela, in Bolivia and now in Argentina — as Colombian authorities and dozens of DEA agents have systematically captured the country's kingpins and begun working their way down the chains of command of the remaining organized crime rings.
Created on Wed Oct 31 20:11:35 EDT 2012

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