Nephews of Venezuela's First Lady face US drug trafficing charges

Thursday, November 12th 2015 - 07:29 UTC

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Two nephews of Venezuela's first lady have been arrested in Haiti and taken to the US to face drug trafficking charges, US media reports say. Franqui Francisco Flores-de Freitas and Efrain Antonio Campo-Flores are accused of conspiring to smuggle 800kg of cocaine into the United States. Read full article

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ChrisR
Shades of Korrea's dad then, that ended well, he croaked in the US prison but Korrea claimed (and still claims) 'that drug dealing is not illegal'. Go figure that.

With a bit of luck the US contact drug dealer will arrange for their combined suicide when they are held pending trial. Venezuela always copies TMBOA, perhaps she could arrange for a Bersa 0.22fr lr to be loaned from the local argie consulate to do the job.
Nov 12th, 2015 - 11:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Captain Poppy
It's been in many news spots this morning. In another hour or so they should be fitted in their orange jump suit.

Too bad we can't pull a Noreiga....that was and will be fun.
Nov 12th, 2015 - 11:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Mendoza Canadian
And they implicated officials in the government...“The two young people say they acted in connection with Diosdado Cabello and Tarek el Aissami.”
Nov 12th, 2015 - 11:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Captain Poppy
And again the Madman Maduro claims a US lead coup. But when you are responsible for 200 metric tons of coke, what can one expect?

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/venezuela-us-intelligence-plane-violated-airspace-35060557
Nov 12th, 2015 - 12:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ilsen
What is surprising are the number of people who simply believe that this is a US Government plot to embarrass the Government of Venezuela. The questions they should be asking are; “Who provided the private jet for them to fly to Haiti? Why can they travel on diplomatic passports? ”
Nov 12th, 2015 - 11:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Captain Poppy
His days are numbered. Unfortunately, watch him declare a state of emergency under attack from the USA and cancel the elections. What do their military get ribbons for? Most tonnage smuggled? Most opposition killed? Perhaps if Macri gets in Argentina will at least sever relations.
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