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DEA: NYC heroin kingpin 'thought he was untouchable'

The leader of a major New York City heroin ring "thought he was untouchable" because he never handled the drugs he sold.

But authorities say he learned he was wrong when they charged him with three counts of operating as a major drug trafficker under the state's kingpin statute.

Cruz Aguaviva-Done, 56, of the South Bronx, led a ring that moved as much as 20 pounds of Colombian heroin...

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