WASHINGTON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday said it imposed sanctions on 14 people and 25 companies in Colombia, Spain and the Netherlands that it said supported the financial network of former bosses of Colombia's Cali cocaine cartel.

The Treasury said the individuals and firms were discovered to have had links to relatives of Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela and his brother, Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela, who are serving U.S. prison terms for drug trafficking and money la...

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