[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 94 (Wednesday, July 19, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1280]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 WELCOMING GENERAL ROSSO JOSE SERRANO OF THE COLOMBIAN NATIONAL POLICE 
                             TO OUR COUNTRY

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                        HON. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 19, 2000

  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, he has become a regular fixture at our 
International Relations and Government Reform hearings and briefings on 
the illegal drug trade in the hemisphere. Gen. Rosso Jose Serrano is at 
home in the Halls of the U.S. Congress. I commend him on his selection 
of my congressional district in South Florida as the place he and his 
family will now call home.
  For several years, General Serrano has been an invaluable source of 
information on the intricacies of the Colombian drug trafficking 
network. He has been sought out by the Congress DEA, and the Drug Czar 
to share his insight and experience in these matters.
  In the 1990's, General Serrano commanded the antinarcotics police of 
the DANTI. He worked hand in hand with our DEA in fighting the drug 
lords in Colombia. Together they destroyed the Medellin Cartel and 
brought its leader, Pablo Escobar to justice in December 1993. This 
outstanding victory could not have happened without the actions of this 
self acclaimed ``ordinary man from the farmlands of northeast 
Colombia.''
  After more than 40 years in law enforcement, General Serrano retired 
from the Colombian National Police. Today, I join my colleagues in 
welcoming him to the United States and thank him for all that he has 
done for his country and for ours.

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