Colombia seizes island from drug lord "Lollipop"

Now I'm all for granting assylum to those in fear for their lives, but I hope we scoff at this ass-wipe.

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia said on Monday it had seized $400 million in property, including a Caribbean island, from a cocaine baron arrested in Brazil this month and is awaiting extradition to the United States on drug charges. [An ISLAND? This dude is a serious baller. As a serious aside, I hope to Jesus, Mary, and Joseph that this island is literally just one giant rock of blow.]

Some 322 properties including farms, apartment buildings, a hotel, a gymnasium and an Island off the port of Cartagena were stripped from Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia, nicknamed Lollipop, or Chupeta in Colombian Spanish, authorities said.

Ramirez Abadia, who gained notoriety in the 1990s as a leader of the still powerful Norte del Valle cartel based near Cali, used plastic surgery to change his appearance in a bid to avoid being identified.

He was captured notwithstanding in an August 7 raid on a luxury home near Sao Paulo, from which authorities say he oversaw a multibillion-dollar drug ring stretching to Europe and the United States.

Ramirez Abadia, 44, has served prison time in his native Colombia for drug trafficking but there are a number of outstanding accusations against him.

Since his arrest, Ramirez Abadia has made it clear he wants to be extradited to the United States, saying he would fear for his life if returned to Colombia.

Early this year, police found about $90 million in cash hidden in several apartments in the southwestern city of Cali, which authorities said had been stashed by Ramirez Abadia. [kind of like those sluts in Mexico.]