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Dutch government releases former Venezuelan general retained on DEA request
The Dutch government released a former Venezuelan general who was detained on US drug charges when he arrived in Aruba to serve as his country's consul on the Dutch Caribbean island, sending him home Sunday night and defusing a diplomatic fight with its neighbor. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesThe drug capital of Europe knows who it's friends are I see.
Jul 28th, 2014 - 05:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Venezuela gives 'hero's welcome' to freed general Carvajal
Jul 28th, 2014 - 05:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-28520775
And on and the circus plays. Pretty disgusting really.
I would never say Guilty without a fair trial, but I do not believe the US just randomly issues arrest warrants without reason.
quote from the BBC
“US authorities allege that in his role as military intelligence chief, Gen Carvajal protected drug shipments made by Colombian traffickers through Venezuela.
He has also been on a US Treasury blacklist since 2008 for alleged links to left-wing Colombian rebels.
Venezuela had appointed Gen Carvajal as consul to Aruba, but the Dutch government has so far rejected the appointment.”
This deeply unsavoury character is notorious, and feared, in VZLA. The allegations of drug-running and terrorists are old news there. This political appointment was made because
a) he is an old buddy, (and fellow coup-ster) of Chavez
b) because the bus driver Maduro shit-scared of him
and
c) he knows where all the skeletons are, literally, financially and otherwise.
A disgusting state of affairs.
Well said Ilsen. No one I know is celebrating his release...and I know that, because I live here.
Jul 28th, 2014 - 08:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@1 ChrisR
Jul 28th, 2014 - 10:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Point of order Mr. Chairman!
:)
The police in Aruba were only able to arrest this filthy (alleged) crook because he had NOT been accredited as a Diplomat by the local authorities/ the Dutch.
He had been selected by the Venezuelan Government as their representative, (nice choice(!), and sent off to kick back for a while. Out of sight, out of mind, yet not too far away to be kept an eye on.
He gets status, and what he wanted most was of course, was Diplomatic Immunity.
Imagine what he could have got up to with that!
This is why he was not officially accepted/accredited by the Dutch. I bet they were dreading it. Would have also caused a stink if they had flat out refused him. In the end, a few 'disappointed' Americans and Carvajal declared 'persona non grata' and booted out of the country is not such a bad result for the Dutch, and Aruba, really.
As for the Americans, well it has certainly raised Carvajal's profile. Diplomatic chatter will very quickly prevent him being made welcome now in most of the world. So they don't get him, but they have contained him.
Doubt he will be leaving Venezuela anytime soon!
@ 4 ilsen
Jul 29th, 2014 - 05:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I see a slightly different option for the Dutch.
As he is such a crook and involved deeply in the filthy drug trade I am sure they could have arranged for the US black ops to have picked him up from his hotel.
If MADuro wanted to pick a fight with Aruba the US would have shot his arse (and trashed his 'government') before he could have said “hold on tight to the bus”!
It will need something like this to dislodge the blood suckers holding fast to Venezuela before things can be moved in the right direction.
Or do you not agree?
@5 ChrisR
Jul 29th, 2014 - 10:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0yes, I can see your 'option for the Dutch' as having many benefits indeed.
A nice daydream, but the Yanks don't want to know.
Equally, that, quite simply, is not how the Dutch operate. For better,or worse, of course depends on ones viewpoint. Yet they don't. Ever. They only ever play the role of peacekeepers/neutrals/go - betweens.
Given their history of having passed through hell as being battlefield upon which greater powers fought and slaughtered each other on many occasions, I can understand their hesitancy in involving anything beyond the correct curvature of an EU banana, or a cheeky spliff.
As for your final comment, I have to disagree.
It will take a greater catalyst than the arrest of 'red-prince' and a rumour of US black-ops to kick the scum out.
According to Maduro US plots are weekly occurrence
http://venezuelaconspiracytheories.blogspot.com.es/?m=1
So, I have to disagree. Sadly.
Only wish it were so easy.
:-(
@ 6 ilsen
Jul 30th, 2014 - 12:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Thanks for that. I did not make myself clear, I think the US may well go in and set things right especially if the opposition leader is executed and his party ask for help. But perhaps not with Obuma still clinging on to the Whitehouse.
I think the Dutch do have special forces who do counter-terrorism actions, here is a video from the press office: sorry it looks like one of Brasso’s crackpot vids!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh6e0o-QQdc
They have trained with the SAS and Seals and were deployed to Afghanistan. So no pussies there like they have in The Dark Country.
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