Money Cleaned, Colombian Style; Contraband Used to Convert Drug Dollars From: The Washington Post | Date: August 30, 1998| Author: Douglas Farah | Copyright 1998 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

At a rickety wooden dock jutting into the sea, Wayuu Indians stripped to the waist carry crates of Marlboro cigarettes from a boat to waiting trucks, while heavily armed drivers wearing sunglasses keep watch from the shade of the truck beds.

The cigarettes are a favorite among the scores of contraband items that flow from the free trade zones of nearby Aruba and Panama through this isolated desert peninsula and into Colombia's flourishing black market.

The smuggling is ...

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