NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that President Clinton has taken the extraordinary step of barring the president of Colombia from traveling to the United States. The State Department said today that Mr. Clinton revoked President Ernesto Samper's (sam-PAIR) visa because the Colombian took money from drug traffickers and in exchange, pursued policies on their behalf. The State Department spokesman said the US will continue to work with Colombia's government in fighting drugs. Colombia is the source of most of the cocaine and much of the heroin consumed in the U-S.
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