What It Is Like To Fight The Drug War In Colombia

The U.S. is looking for Luis Albeiro Peña-Peña,
although he has reportedly been killed. IC

Identity revealed, life of U.S. agent spared in Colombia -- Miami Herald

A U.S. Immigration and Customs agent escaped a harrowing kidnapping saga in Colombia after his identity was revealed.

Luis Angel Ortiz was being driven to a party in Medellín when the car came to a halt and a man in the back seat put a gun to his head.

Time to pay up, Ortiz was told.

The threat came from the chief of a Medellín drug trafficking gang.

So began a 48-hour drama in Colombia that kept Ortiz -- a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who had infiltrated the gang -- teetering on the edge of death.

But Ortiz escaped execution when his captors discovered that he was an American antidrug agent.

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My Comment: A lot in this story seems to be too good to be true .... but even if 50% is correct, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent working in Colombia must be one of the most difficult (and dangerous) jobs around.