They chose Venezuela because the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has no control over the country and it’s easy to transfer cocaine from Colombia, which shares an 800-kilometer long border with it, according to Peker. “Dry cargo vessels can come from the Caracas Port to Turkey without stopping but container vessels can continue after stopping by Dominica,” he said and predicted that many more loads of cocaine will be seized in the Dominican Republic. He later corrected his words on Twitter, saying that he had confused the Dominican Republic with Panama. Bianet
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