$2m reward fails to find drug baron

BOGOTA DESPITE offers of a $2 million (£1

BOGOTA DESPITE offers of a $2 million (£1.25m), reward, authorities said there were no clues yesterday to the whereabouts of Jose Santacruz Londono, the billionaire drug baron who escaped from a maximum security prison in Bogota.

Police said Santacruz (52), the number three leader of the Cali drug cartel, vanished without a trace after his spectacular, escape in broad daylight on Thursday from La Picota prison.

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