 Le Roux would meet the cartel representative in Liberia to finalize the deal.Unknown to Le Roux, the Colombian cartel representatives were DEA agents and the operation was an attempt to apprehend him.As he could not be extradited under Brazilian law, being the father of a Brazilian child, the DEA had chosen to lure him into Liberia, which would allow them to bring him to the US without an extradition proceeding.