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Colombian drug trafficker Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela leaves the Combita maximum security prison, in Tunja, Colombia, Nov. 7, 2002. Rodriguez Orejuela, who was the leader of the powerful Cali Cartel, died in a United States prison on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, confirmed his defense attorney. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, File)

Leader of now-defunct Colombian drug cartel dies in US jail

By Joshua Goodman - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2002 file photo, Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela leaves the Combita maximum security prison, in Tunja, 60 miles northeast of Bogota, Colombia. A Miami federal judge ruled Tuesday, April 28, 2020, that one of the world's most notorious Colombian cocaine cartel kingpins will not be released early from a U.S. prison over claims of ill health and coronavirus fears. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, File)

Judge: No early prison release for Cali cartel cocaine lord

By CURT ANDERSON - Associated Press