![]() ![]() News coverage here has focused on remarks by some American congressmen urging that U.S. ![]() Again after the escape last week, Escobar insisted on return to the ranch as a condition for turning himself in.Įscobar's latest negotiating position appeared closer to that of the government, which is demanding an unconditional surrender. Confinement at the ranch was one of his conditions then, and another was not to be extradited to face U.S. Troops had been sent to transfer him to a common prison after charges that he had ordered killings while confined on his hilltop.Īccording to a government communique, Escobar is no longer demanding that he be returned to the ranch-jail, from which he allegedly operated his international drug business following his surrender last year. The government fired two more high-ranking army officers today for their roles in the operation that resulted in the cocaine trafficker and nine cohorts escaping their ranch-prison near Medellin last Wednesday. BOGOTA, COLOMBIA, JULY 27 - Fugitive cocaine cartel leader Pablo Escobar has scaled down his conditions for surrendering to authorities as Colombians are learning about the life he led in his last prison: with a waterbed, a jacuzzi, and a 60-inch television screen. ![]()
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