Former anti-drugs chief known as "Macho" extradited from Bolivia nearly 3 years after U.S. offered $5 million reward
CBSN
Bolivia's former anti-narcotics chief was extradited to the United States on Thursday to face federal drug trafficking charges in a New York court.
Authorities said that Maximiliano Dávila, who served as anti-narcotics chief in the final months of Evo Morales ' 2006-2019 administration, helped facilitate planeload shipments of cocaine to the United States. According to the U.S. Justice Department, Dávila exploited his position "to secure access to Bolivian airfields for cocaine transport and to arrange for members of Bolivian law enforcement under his command—including individuals armed with machineguns—to provide protection for those drug loads."
Dávila -- who authorities say is also known as "Macho" -- boarded a private jet sent from the U.S. specifically for his extradition.
