"[2] The García Meza government was also deeply involved in drug trafficking activities, with Arce as a link.
In the late 1980s, Arce was extradited to the United States, where he was put in jail, serving a lengthy sentence for drug trafficking.
On April 21, 1993, while he was still incarcerated, he was condemned by the Bolivian justice system to 30 years in prison for serious human rights violations incurred by the regime he took part in.
[4] In September 2010, Arce Gómez offered to share his knowledge about the remains of people who disappeared during the dictatorship in "exchange for something": "If they want to know something...
[6] General Cocombre, a character based on Gómez, is featured briefly in the 1983 film Scarface.