I. INTRODUCTION John Harold Mena w...

I. INTRODUCTION

John Harold Mena was a Colombian physic dealer who helped organize the assassination of a journalist in novel York City. (1) He was arrested by means of federal authorities in 1992, and he bargained a life judgment down to eighteen years in a federal prison (2) by means of testifying against his Colombian mix with drugs mafia bosses. (3) As part of his agreement with the mix with drugs Enforcement Administration (DEA), agents allegedly promised Mena that his family members in Colombia would be guarded from retaliation. (4) However, since Mena's testimony, five of his family members have been violently killed. In 1994 his uncle was