In front to a judge in Miami, Rodriguez Abadia declare guilty of narco-traffic and accept to cooperate on the judge against Miguel and Gilberto Rodriguez.
“Is very difficult for me, your owner because is my father and my uncle, but I accept to cooperate with the attorney” , aid Rodriguez Abadia, a 40 years old lawyer, to the federal judge Federico Moreno, who ask if he was sure of the decision that he was taking.
The American justice retires the indictments of money wash and Rodriguez Abadia admits to be condemned to export to the United States more than 150 kilos of cocaine. For this accusations the attorney will request a condemn of around 21 years of prison.
The collaboration of Rodriguez Abadia must be done effective on next September, when begin the judge for narco-traffic against his father and uncle, Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela.
Rodriguez Abadia accepts to cooperate on the leveling against the capos, testify in the court if is necessary and give the goods valued on around 300 million dollars, among them corporations in Colombia, Spain, Bahamas, Panama, Venezuela and Peru.
The son of Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela surrenders to the American justice in the FBI in Panama last January 16.
Due to this is believed that the announce done yesterday in the Miami court will be part of an agreement with the United States to obtain a diminish of the sentence and other juridical benefits.
In the moment of the presentation, the Interpol in Panama verified the volunteer surrender of the son of the Cali cartel capo to the United States authorities and his move to Miami.
Jorge Luis Gutierrez, his lawyer said in Bogota that his client present in front the American members, country that was looking for its extradition since the 2002 and resolve to surrender in front to the failure in the guarantees for the debt process in Colombia.
Gutierrez affirms that the surrender was made with a previous agreement, across another lawyer that serves as contact with the DEA
In this moment, the lawyer held that his client does not propose to make accusations against the drugs capos. Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela and his brother Gilberto are in jail in the United States.
William Rodriguez Abadia assumes the direction of the Cali cartel when his father and uncle were captured in 1995.
By El Tiempo with information of AFP