WASHINGTON, March 10 (UPI) -- An alleged Colombian terrorist has been extradited to the United States to face drug charges, the Justice Department said Thursday.
Nayibe Rojas Valderama, alias "Sonia" and "Omaira Rojas Cabrera," arrived from Colombia Wednesday in the Washington metropolitan area.
The department said she is a high-ranking member of the designated foreign terrorist organization Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, or FARC.
Rojas Valderama was named in a federal indictment in December 2003 and unsealed Thursday, charging her with narcotics trafficking.
The indictment charges Rojas Valderama and another high-level member of the FARC, Jose Benito Cabrera Cuevas, alias "Fabian Ramirez," and two international drug traffickers with conspiring to import 5 kilograms or more of cocaine into the United States and conspiring to manufacture and distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine intending and knowing that the cocaine would be unlawfully imported into the United States.
A number of FARC members and criminal associates have been charged with terrorism and drug-related crimes in U.S. indictments.
