DEV-MUC3-1218 (SYNCHRONETICS)

PARIS (FRANCE), 6 APR 90 (LE MONDE) -- [TEXT] THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS AND THE ORGANIZATION OF THE COFFEE MARKET WERE THE MAIN SUBJECTS DISCUSSED DURING THE TALKS WHICH PRESIDENT FRANCOIS MITTERRAND AND COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT VIRGILIO BARCO HAD AT THE ELYSEE ON 4 APRIL. THE LATTER WAS DUE TO GO ON TO STRASBOURG, THE SECOND LEG OF A 10-DAY TOUR OF EUROPE. THIS VISIT TOOK PLACE AT A TIME WHEN COLOMBIAN DRUG TRAFFICKERS ARE HOLDING LIBERAL SENATOR FEDERICO ESTRADA VELEZ IN MEDELLIN AND ON WEDNESDAY THEY THREATENED TO KILL HIM IF TWO OF THEIR MEN CURRENTLY IN DETENTION ARE NOT RELEASED.