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  • Voice recognition technology IDs Colombian drug kingpin in Brazil who had plastic surgery

    08/11/2007 6:16:54 AM PDT · by RDTF · 12 replies · 619+ views
    pr inside via Drudge Report ^ | August 10, 2007 | Not specified
    SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - A reputed leader of Colombia's biggest drug cartel, his features radically altered by plastic surgery, was identified by Brazilian and American anti-drug agents using advanced voice recognition technology, the suspect's lawyer said Friday. Brazilian police had difficulty making a positive identification of Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia while they investigated a money laundering scheme he orchestrated in hiding in Brazil, but got a break after taping him on the telephone and passing that information to agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, said the lawyer, Sergio Alambert. The recording was compared in the United States to...