Zucchino, David.
No Chance. / David Zucchino. - Knight-Ridder, 2001. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Article 71. Health, 1522-323X; .
This MARC record contains three articles. Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Originally Published: No Chance, June 3, 2001; pp. Mag. Sec. 8-13. Originally Published: The Manhunt, June 10, 2001; pp. Mag. Sec. 16-21. Originally Published: Unfinished Business, June 17, 2001; pp. Mag. Sec. 18+.
NO CHANCE -- "On his last day of duty in Colombia, DEA [Drug Enforcement Administration] Special Agent Charlie Martinez was kidnapped and shot through the chest....The man who shot him was Rene Benitez, a wiry little Cuban American wanted in Florida for cocaine trafficking....At that same moment, in the early hours of February 10, 1982, on a desolate roadside outside a Colombian village called Turbaco, Charlie's partner was about to be shot, too." (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) The author describes in great detail the terrifying night that the unarmed DEA agents feared for their lives. THE MANHUNT -- "Operation Snare began that morning. It would become the longest-running investigation in DEA history--a19-year effort to track, capture, try and convict in American courts the four men who kidnapped and nearly killed Charlie Martinez and Kelley McCullough." (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) The author explains how the DEA agents miraculously escaped from the Colombian jungle and how their attackers were located and apprehended. UNFINISHED BUSINESS -- "For kidnapping and robbing DEA agent Charlie Martinez, then shooting him in the hip and through the chest, Rene Benitez served three years and 10 months in a Colombian prison. For abducting agent Kelley McCullough, then shooting him in the knee and the groin and through the neck, Ivan Duarte served three years and four months in Colombia. For Charlie and Kelley and other agents in the DEA's seemingly endless war against drugs. it wasn't enough. It was more like an insult." (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) The author relays how the DEA strategically and cleverly captured Benitez and Duarte to finally get justice in an American courtroom.
1522-323X;
United States. Drug Enforcement Administration --Officials and employees.
Attempted murder.
Criminal investigation.
Extradition.
Kidnapping--Colombia.
Narcotics--Control of--Colombia.
Trials.
AC1.S5
050
No Chance. / David Zucchino. - Knight-Ridder, 2001. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Article 71. Health, 1522-323X; .
This MARC record contains three articles. Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Originally Published: No Chance, June 3, 2001; pp. Mag. Sec. 8-13. Originally Published: The Manhunt, June 10, 2001; pp. Mag. Sec. 16-21. Originally Published: Unfinished Business, June 17, 2001; pp. Mag. Sec. 18+.
NO CHANCE -- "On his last day of duty in Colombia, DEA [Drug Enforcement Administration] Special Agent Charlie Martinez was kidnapped and shot through the chest....The man who shot him was Rene Benitez, a wiry little Cuban American wanted in Florida for cocaine trafficking....At that same moment, in the early hours of February 10, 1982, on a desolate roadside outside a Colombian village called Turbaco, Charlie's partner was about to be shot, too." (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) The author describes in great detail the terrifying night that the unarmed DEA agents feared for their lives. THE MANHUNT -- "Operation Snare began that morning. It would become the longest-running investigation in DEA history--a19-year effort to track, capture, try and convict in American courts the four men who kidnapped and nearly killed Charlie Martinez and Kelley McCullough." (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) The author explains how the DEA agents miraculously escaped from the Colombian jungle and how their attackers were located and apprehended. UNFINISHED BUSINESS -- "For kidnapping and robbing DEA agent Charlie Martinez, then shooting him in the hip and through the chest, Rene Benitez served three years and 10 months in a Colombian prison. For abducting agent Kelley McCullough, then shooting him in the knee and the groin and through the neck, Ivan Duarte served three years and four months in Colombia. For Charlie and Kelley and other agents in the DEA's seemingly endless war against drugs. it wasn't enough. It was more like an insult." (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) The author relays how the DEA strategically and cleverly captured Benitez and Duarte to finally get justice in an American courtroom.
1522-323X;
United States. Drug Enforcement Administration --Officials and employees.
Attempted murder.
Criminal investigation.
Extradition.
Kidnapping--Colombia.
Narcotics--Control of--Colombia.
Trials.
AC1.S5
050