Drug Traffiker – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com Fri, 26 Feb 2021 12:47:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://onvenezuela.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Screen-Shot-2019-12-20-at-12.31.03-PM-1-32x32.png Drug Traffiker – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com 32 32 Alleged drug trafficker extradited to U.S. may shed light on bungled Venezuela coup attempt https://onvenezuela.com/alleged-drug-trafficker-extradited-to-u-s-may-shed-light-on-bungled-venezuela-coup-attempt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alleged-drug-trafficker-extradited-to-u-s-may-shed-light-on-bungled-venezuela-coup-attempt Fri, 26 Feb 2021 12:47:43 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=7809

The extradition from Colombia of an alleged drug trafficker wanted in Texas and of interest in Florida may also provide new details about last year’s failed coup in Venezuela involving a Florida security company, two of whose members were captured and sentenced to long prison terms. By Kevin G. Hall, Antonio M. Delgado and Shirsho Dasgupta Full Text -> WRLNMiami

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Venezuela appoints alleged drug trafficker El Aissami as oil minister https://onvenezuela.com/venezuela-appoints-alleged-drug-trafficker-el-aissami-as-oil-minister/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuela-appoints-alleged-drug-trafficker-el-aissami-as-oil-minister Tue, 28 Apr 2020 15:42:55 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=2914

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday appointed his economy vice president, Tareck El Aissami, who has been indicted in the United States on drug trafficking charges, as oil minister, amid acute fuel shortages across the country. Maduro named Asdrubal Chavez, cousin of the late President Hugo Chavez, as interim president of state oil firm PDVSA, according to the appointments published in the government’s official gazette. By Luc Cohen, Deisy Buitrago, Angus Berwick. Full Text -> Reuters

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