Robert Merkel, a former U.S. attorney handling drug indictments in Florida, doesn't think for a minute that Castro's much publicized trials of high officials engaged in the drug trade mean he has broken off with the Medellin drug cartel. " If the cartel succeeds in blackmailing the Colombian authorities into negotiations, the cartel will be in control and Fidel can exploit his past relationships with them, " he told the Journal's David Asman recently.
Robert Merkel, a former U.S. attorney, doesn't think Castro's trials of high officials in the drug trade mean he has ended it with the Medellin drug cartel.If the cartel succeeds in blackmailing the authorities, the cartel will be in control and Fidel can exploit his past relationships with them, he told the Journal's David Asman .