Mother of Uribe's niece 'center of international narco-trafficking ring': US .

Mother of Uribe's niece 'center of international narco-trafficking ring': US .
Thursday, 09 August 2012 13:59 Katharina Wecker

The former partner of ex-President Alvaro Uribe's late brother was "at the center of an international narco-trafficking ring," U.S. authorities said Thursday.

Dolly Cifuentes was extradited to New York, United States on Tuesday and charged before a Florida court on Wednesday.

"As alleged, Dolly Cifuentes, along with her brother Jorge, was at the center of an international narco-trafficking ring that conspired to import multi ton-quantities of cocaine into the United States," U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a press release issued by the U.S. Attoney's Office.

According to the charges, Cifuentes, her brother and members of the Mexican Sinaloa cartel were "using sophisticated drug trafficking routes to distribute multi-ton cocaine loads from Colombia through Central America, for ultimate distribution in Mexico and the United States."

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