Drugs Council says judges are afraid

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The president of the National Drugs Council (CND), Mabel Feliz Baez, has accused the Justice Department of being "afraid and weak" when dealing with drug-related cases. As reported in Listin Diario, the spokeswoman said that the judges' attitude often prevent them from taking more positive steps to halt the scourge of illegal drugs. Feliz Baez said "it is not fair that members of the Drug Control Agency risk their lives arresting and searching drug dealers if they are released within a few days." The official stated emphatically "there is a weakness in the justice system when it comes to drug traffickers." Hoy newspaper reports that accused Colombian drug trafficker, Ciro Alfonso Logreira Rincon, arrested during a police operation in November 2006 along with several other Colombians, was released by magistrate Clara Luz Almonte Gomes after a 36-minute court session. Sources at the Nation Drug Control Office told Hoy that Logriera Rincon was arrested with eight packages of cocaine in his possession, but the judge ignored all the evidence presented by the prosecutor.

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