BIG BROTHER WATCH:Voice recognition technology IDs Colombian drug kingpin in Brazil who had plastic surgery

SAO PAULO,Brazil-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 other tapes of Abadia's voice, leading to a match that allowed Brazilian police to identify him so he could be arrested, Alambert told The AP.Richard Mei, spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Brasilia, declined comment on the voice recognition techniques used but said the DEA assisted in various aspects of the Brazilian investigation into Ramirez Abadia.After the positive ID was made, Ramirez Abadia was arrested Tuesday in a luxurious home on the outskirts of Sao Paulo with a gym, sauna, plasma TVs, a swimming pool and nearly US$1 million (¤720,000) in stashed cash. Authorities found another US$1 million buried in the garden of another home near Sao Paulo on Thursday, the lawyer said.Alambert said Ramirez Abadia, 44, arrived illegally in Brazil four years ago and acknowledges using profits from cocaine shipments by his Norte del Valle cartel to make investments in Brazil. But the lawyer said allegations that he amassed a business empire catering to the nation's big-spending elite are exaggerated.«He was doing legitimate business but using money from trafficking,» Alambert said.
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