WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department is levying financial sanctions against a Colombian suspected of leading an international drug trafficking and money laundering organization that exported nearly 100 tons of cocaine a year from Colombia.

The department said Wednesday that Fernain Rodriguez Vasquez allegedly managed the trafficking operations of Lebanese-Colombian national Jorge Fadlallah Cheaitelly (HOHR’-hay fahd-LAHL’-lah shuh-TEE’-lee).

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