Argentina extradites accused cocaine smuggler - WAOW - Newsline
9, Wausau News, Weather, Sports  Argentina extradites accused
cocaine smuggler  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -  A Colombian
suspected of using submarines to smuggle 8 tons of cocaine to
the United States has been extradited from Argentina to the U.S.
for trial.     Argentine federal police officers say they
escorted Ignacio Alvarez Meyendorff on Wednesday to Buenos
Aires' Ezeiza airport for a flight to New York.     Police
arrested him with help from the U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration when he arrived in Buenos Aires on a flight from
Tahiti in 2011.     U.S. authorities say he is suspected of
organizing the submarine trips for Colombia's Norte del Valle
drug cartel.     Alvarez Meyendorff has said he is innocent.  
He's known by the nicknames "Old Man" and "Big Brother."
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