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PAGE TWO DE BOG 0004 § Mot POLITICIANy POLICE OFFICIALs OR MILITARY OFFICER (AND THEIR FAMILIES) WHO PARTICIPATED IN ANY OPERATION AGAINST THE TRAFFICKERS OR THEIR FAMILIES, LEGAT HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF SIGNIFICANT ANTI-NARCO OPERATIONS OF THE TYPE WHICH CHARACTERIZED PRESIDENT GAVIRIA'S FIRST TWO.MONTHS IN OFFICEs I.sEss THE DEATHS OF GUSTAVO GAVIRIA AND LUIS HERNANDO GAVIRIA (BOTH IMPORTANT ESCOBAR CONFIDANTS AND CLOSE FAMILY MEMBERS) AND THE NEAR MISSES AT ESCOBAR'S CAPTURE. THIS SUDDEN "DRY SPELL" IS ESPECIALLY NOTICEABLE COMING ON THE HEELS OF NUMEROUS GOC SUCCESSES SUCH AS THE DEATH OF JOHN ARIAS TASCONs AKA PININAy ESCOBAR'S CHIEF NARCOTERRORISTs WHICH OCCURRED IN MID-JULY. SINCE THE OCTOBER 29TH COMMUNIQUE, THE EXTRADITABLES HAVE TAKEN THE OFFENSIVE WITH A SERIES OF ADDITIONAL COMMUNIQUES AND OPEN LETTERS TO THE PUBLIC ATTEMPTING TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON WHAT THEY CALL HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES PERPETRATED AGAINST THEM BY THE GOC. IN RESPONSE TO RECENT CRITICISM IN THE UNITED STATES PRESS ALLEGING GOC NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE NARCOS, THE EXTRADITABLES PUSLISHED AN OPEN LETTER TO AMBASSADOR[ __—_—=s«dON. DECEMBER 22s 1990» DECRYING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AGAINST COLOMBIAN PRISONERS IN UsSs PRISONS» ACCUSING THE U.S. GOVERNMENT OF BEING PIONEERS IN NEGOTIATING WITH DRUG TRAFFICKERSs AND ASKING HOW MUCH TIME bo b7C