FROM executive in a Panama business network ostensibly devoted to distributing  luxury goods, but, according to the DEA a front for one  of Latin America’s top  drug  money laundering operations,  Nidal Waked, could  face a life behind bars.

He  was  captured in Bogota, Colombia on  Wednesday May 4 and , will be extradited to the United States.

The process, according to Colombian  police  Colonel Ricardo Alarcón, could take between four and six months.

It  will be handled by the Office of International Affairs of the General Prosecutor's Office, which will receive documentation that will be sent to the United States through the Foreign Ministry.

The request will also have to be heard by the Supreme Court and ultimately passed to the president.

Waked was the subject of an indictment submitted by the United States on March 25, meaning the process is already underway reports La Prensa.