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DATE: THURSDAY, May 17, 1990                   TAG: 9005170537
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A/8   EDITION: EVENING 
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DATELINE: FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA.                                LENGTH: Short

ALLEGED KILLER FOR DRUG CARTEL BROUGHT TO U.S.

An alleged contract killer for the Medellin drug cartel was arrested in Honduras and flown to the United States, where he was charged in a gangland-style slaying here six years ago, police said.

Guillermo Leon "Chiruza" Velasquez, 33, of Medellin, Colombia, is linked to at least seven murders in South Florida and to other drug-related killings in his homeland, police said Wednesday.

He was "considered an enforcer, an assassin" for the Medellin drug cartel, said David Steele, a spokesman for Hollywood police.

- Associated Press 


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