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Article: Jailed Cali Cartel Leaders Detail How They Provided Cash for Samper
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- The Washington Post
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- January 30, 1996
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The armed forces and the ruling Liberal Party distanced
themselves from embattled President Ernesto Samper today, while
jailed leaders of the Cali cocaine cartel declared for the first
time that they gave money to Samper's presidential campaign.
The developments seemed to notch up the pressure on Samper to
resign, which has been rising fast since a long-simmering drug
corruption scandal boiled over Jan. 21.
That was when a former close aide said the president not only
received millions of dollars from the Cali cartel for his 1994
presidential campaign, but also solicited the money himself. Samper
has denied the charges, saying if drug money entered his campaign,
it was without his ...