Propyl Power
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http://www.freetaitajuan.org/
On Tuesday, October 19, 2010, while en route to Oregon to offer traditional Ayahuasca ceremonies, Cametsa traditional healer and Colombian national Taita Juan Bautista Agreda Chindoy was detained at the Houston International Airport. His baggage was searched and he was formally arrested by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) for possession of his ancestral medicine, 'Yaje' or 'Ayahuasca'. Upon revealing the prescense of DMT in the liquid medicine, he was charged with possession with intent to distribute a “Schedule 1 Drug”. After a judge found probable cause for his conviction on Friday, October 22nd, he was taken to the Joe Corley Federal Detention Facility in Conroe, near Houston, Texas. Since Taita Juan's arrest, a group of his close friends and students have been working around the clock to build his legal defense and to support him and his family in Colombia. Based on the charges Juan is facing up to 20 years in federal prison.