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Fort Worth Star-Telegram from Fort Worth, Texas • 23

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Sunday September 22 1996 Star-Telegram Section A Page 23 23 Rene Drugs found on Colombian president's plane described as a setup by government officials a is From Page 22 I did not get tar in the thick brush Beckley ran after the screaming girl put his arms around her and tripping over a branch fell to the ground with Rene "Don't fight it" he said She stopped screaming Orlando Hall bashed Ritne again as she lay on the ground and handed the shovel to Beckley He struck her twice on the head Orlando Hall and Webster then took turns beating her into unconsciousness Webster tied a gag around her mouth dragged her into the grave removed her clothes and poured gasoline on her body which had curled into the fetal position He and Orlando Hall filled the grave and sent Beckley to check on the car gang but not in time to save Rene A bout 5 am on Monday Sept 26 Beckley walked Rene to Webster's old blue Cougar Everyone piled in except Demetrius Hall who cleaned the motel room When they arrived at the nature preserve Beckley took Rene's hand for the last time and headed down the path Webster and Orlando Hall passed by carrying the rake the shovel and the yellow container of gas It was daybreak They had no trouble finding the grave this time Rene saw a 4-foot hole with two mounds of dirt beside it They turned her back to the grave and covered her with a sheet Orlando Hall whacked her on the back of the head with the shovel Rene made a desperate attempt to flee Dazed and barefoot she president" Investigators held the president's plane in Bogota and Samper flew to New York last night on an Avianca commercial jet Samper whose 1994 election campaign was financed by $6 million from drug lords plans to propose a global anti-narcotics strategy to the UN General Assembly tomorrow Samper has said he was unaware of the drug cache a highly partisan Colombian Congress cleared him of drug corruption charges in June However the State Department stripped Samper of his US tourist visa in July He is traveling to New York on a diplomatic visa US officials said they have no plans to meet with Samper although they will meet several of his Cabinet ministers During his UN address Samper is expected to call for establishment of an international tribunal to judge drug traffickers He has already proposed domestic legislation to more than double jail sentences for traffickers to 30 years and to make it easier to seize their assets Gen Jose Serrano Colombia's national police director said it was possible that a few members of the air force were trying to smuggle the heroin to New York visa seaaym have aevre an to- several of his dress Samper establishment I tribunal to rs He has alnestic legislaJuble jail sen-s to 30 years to seize their Colombia's tor said it was tembers of the to smuggle the Back in Arlington Lisa Rene's brothers were floating a new story in the hope of leading investigators to the Arkansas drug ring without admitting their own dealing Vita lis and Neil Rene told poli4e that they angered a man named Steve who had given thedi $2500 for their gold RX7 never received the car as promised The brothers said they did ilot know Steve's last name or how to contact him but they told authorities that Little Mike did Officials found Michael Davis the Tarrant County Jail The inmate identified the man as Steven Beckley The tip helped lead officials to the Arkansas The Associated Press BOGOTA Colombia Drug-sniffing dogs found nearly 9 pounds of heroin hidden on the jet that President Ernesto Samper was to fly to New York to make an antidrug speech His government called it a setup An anonymous caller told officials Friday that an unspecified drug was on Samper's plane Gen Hector Hernan Gil Nieto the air force commander said yesterday Fourteen packets of heroin were found behind paneling in the Boeing 707's forward luggage compartment and in the cockpit radio well Friday night he said The plane is maintained by the air force Yesterday Samper called the incident 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