Bolivia’s former anti-narcotics chief has been extradited to the United States to face federal drug trafficking charges in a New York court. The U.S. State Department in 2022 announced a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the conviction of Maximiliano Dávila.
Police escort former anti-drug Director of the Bolivia n police, Colonel Maximiliano Davila, as he is presented to the press at a Bolivia n police command office after he was arrested on charges for being tied to a drug trafficking ring, in La Paz, Bolivia , Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022. LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia ’s former anti-narcotics chief was extradited to the United States on Thursday to face federal drug trafficking charges in a New York court.
In late November, Bolivia’s Supreme Court approved Dávila’s immediate extradition to the U.S. He has denied any wrongdoing. As part of the probe, criminal informants working under the DEA’s direction recorded conversations in which a co-defendant of Dávila bragged of having access to an MD-11 military cargo plane to transport 60 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
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