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MARANDUA DE BICHADA, COLOMBIA: Brazilian drug kingpin Luiz Fernando da Costa is escorted by a soldier after being presented to the press 22 April 2001, at the Marandua de Bichada military base at the border with Brazil. Da Costa, 34, was captured 21 April and the Brazilian government is moving to request his extradition. Da Costa, also known as "Fernandinho Beira Mar," denied accusations he had ties with Colombia's guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), and is considered Brazil's most illustrious drug lord, believed to lead a drug cartel that supplies arms to the Marxist FARC rebels and exports the cocaine they produce, which feeds some 90 percent of the world's need for the narcotic. El supuesto narcotraficante brasileno Luiz Fernando da Costa, "Fernandino", es escoltado por un soldado del ejercito de Colombia luego de ser mostrado a la prensa en Marandua de Bichada, comunidad fronteriza con Brasil, el 22 de abril de 2001. Fernandino, de 34 anos, quien burlo a la justicia con nueve apellidos diferentes, esta acusado de ser uno de los principales "capos" del trafico de droga en Latinoamerica. Fernandinho fue capturado el 21 de abril y las autoridades brasilenas se movilizan para obtener su inmediato retorno a fin de somerterlo a la justicia. AFP PHOTO/Rodrigo ARANGUA (Photo credit should read RODRIGO ARANGUA/AFP via Getty Images)
MARANDUA DE BICHADA, COLOMBIA: Brazilian drug kingpin Luiz Fernando da Costa is escorted by a soldier after being presented to the press 22 April 2001, at the Marandua de Bichada military base at the border with Brazil. Da Costa, 34, was captured 21 April and the Brazilian government is moving to request his extradition. Da Costa, also known as "Fernandinho Beira Mar," denied accusations he had ties with Colombia's guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), and is considered Brazil's most illustrious drug lord, believed to lead a drug cartel that supplies arms to the Marxist FARC rebels and exports the cocaine they produce, which feeds some 90 percent of the world's need for the narcotic. El supuesto narcotraficante brasileno Luiz Fernando da Costa, "Fernandino", es escoltado por un soldado del ejercito de Colombia luego de ser mostrado a la prensa en Marandua de Bichada, comunidad fronteriza con Brasil, el 22 de abril de 2001. Fernandino, de 34 anos, quien burlo a la justicia con nueve apellidos diferentes, esta acusado de ser uno de los principales "capos" del trafico de droga en Latinoamerica. Fernandinho fue capturado el 21 de abril y las autoridades brasilenas se movilizan para obtener su inmediato retorno a fin de somerterlo a la justicia. AFP PHOTO/Rodrigo ARANGUA (Photo credit should read RODRIGO ARANGUA/AFP via Getty Images)
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