The Guardian

Colombian drug baron shot dead in Madrid hospital

Jan 9 -- The Colombian cocaine cartel boss Leónidas Vargas was shot dead in his bed in front of horrified fellow patients at Madrid's public Doce de Octubre hospital last night.

9 de enero de 2009

A masked man walked into the fifth floor room that 57-year-old Vargas shared with at least one other patient at 8pm (7pm GMT) and fired four shots from a silenced pistol, Spanish police said. A second armed man stood guard outside the door.

Vargas, known as the King of Caquetá, died instantly, with two of the bullets reportedly hitting him as he lay in bed.

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