Tito Aldemar Ruano Yandun of Colombia is accused of smuggling several tons of cocaine into the United States. (Guadalupe Pardo/Reuters)The Treasury Department on Wednesday named a Colombian indicted on cocaine charges as a designated narcotics trafficker, freezing any assets he may have in the United States. The Office of Foreign Assets Control said Tito Aldemar Ruano Yandun is a drug kingpin responsible for smuggling tons of cocaine into the United States. His drug organization also was sanctioned, as was Onofre Junior Aguiño Arboleda, who the Treasury Department said helped coordinate maritime smuggling. Ruano Yandun and Aguiño Arboleda were indicted in January in federal court in New York on charges of conspiring to distribute cocaine internationally.

Source: Washington Post November 29, 2017 16:07 UTC