HAVANA, July 20 (UPI) -- An alleged Colombian drug trafficker reportedly
bribed former Argentine soccer Maradona great to speak with Fidel Castro
about his release.
Hernando Gomez Bustamante reportedly wanted Castro to release him so he
might return to Colombia, el Nuevo Herald newspaper reported Friday.
Gomez was extradited to Colombia in February. He was sent to the United
States this week to face drug trafficking charges.
The incarcerated Colombian mentioned the alleged payment to Maradona to
intercede on his behalf in a Colombian weekly magazine.
"We also looked for ... Maradona, to whom we gave $50,000, but he ran
away with the money," Gomez told the magazine.
Maradona has cultivated close ties to Cuban leaders in recent years and
has rehabilitated from drug addiction on the communist island at least
twice in the last decade.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/07/20/cuba_drug_dealer_bribed_maradona/4525/
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