Uribe's sister-in-law and niece to be extradited on drug trafficking charges: Report .
Source: Colombia Reports
Uribe's sister-in-law and niece to be extradited on drug trafficking charges: Report .
Saturday, 09 June 2012 22:00 Adriaan Alsema
A sister-in-law and a niece of Colombia's former President Alvaro Uribe will be extradited to the U.S. to face drug trafficking charges, research center Nuevo Arco Iris said Saturday.
According to the research center, the extradition of Uribe's family members was requested by federal courts in south Florida and New York fror their alleged ties to "El Chapo" Guzman, leader of the fear Mexican Sinaloa Cartel.
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The Uribe family has long faced accusations of ties to drug trafficking organizations.
According to 1991 U.S. military intelligence files, The former President was a "close friend" of Pablo Escobar, who according to Colombian newspaper archives lent Uribe one of his helicopters in 1983 when his father was killed and his brother Santiago was injured by FARC guerrillas.
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