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Colombian drug trafficker shot dead in Madrid hospital
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By h.b. - Jan 9, 2009 - 7:26 AM
Leónidas Vargas Vargas - Photo EFE
Leónidas Vargas Vargas - Photo EFE
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Leónidas Vargas Vargas was linked to the Medellín cartel.

An important Colombian drug trafficker has been shot dead in his bed of a Madrid hospital. Leónidas Vargas Vargas received four shots from a pistol with a silencer after an individual entered his room in the 12 de Octubre Hospital at 8pm last night.
There were two people in room 543 and the assassin asked first which one was Vargas.

Police consider the shooting is almost certainly a settling of scores, with Vargas known as ‘El Viejo’ and to be linked to the Medellín drugs cartel. He was arrested in 2006 but was now granted release because of a lung problem.

Police are now studying security tapes to see if the assassin has been caught on camera.



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