When enforcement efforts intensified in South Florida and the Caribbean, the Colombian organizations formed partnerships with the Mexico-based traffickers to transport cocaine through Mexico into the United States.

According to both Colombian and international organisations, the response from the state has often been in the form of illegal criminal proceedings.

She has received some criticism from several Colombian organizations for "forgetting the rest of the kidnapped people once Ingrid was rescued".

In Queens last night, many met at the offices of a Colombian civic organization, the Centro Civico Colombiano.

It is a Colombian organization that manages and evaluates the education and Institutes (Schools and Facilities) in Colombia.

"We have a lot of Colombian organizations, of which very few are of a political character," he said.

At first, the reports say, the Colombian organizations hired Mexican smuggling gangs to ferry drugs across the border for delivery to Colombian distributors in the United States.

The "Lookout Book" was reported to link Miss Lara with M-19, a Colombian terrorist organization, and with the Cuban intelligence service.

Before the Hialeah-based operation, the Federal Government had sparse intelligence on the structure of the Colombian organizations, except for their leadership.

It has been alleged that a Colombian paramilitary organization known as Alianza Americana Anticomunista may have cooperated with Operation Condor.