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원문제목:US Prosecutors accuse top venezuelan legislator of drug smuggling 원문링크:http://venezuelanalysis.com/print/11385
US Prosecutors Accuse Top Venezuelan Legislator of Drug Smuggling
May 19th 2015, by Lucas Koerner
National Assembly President Diosdado has been backed by President Maduro in rejecting allegations of cocaine smuggling (AVN).
Caracas, May 19, 2015 (venezuelanalysis.com) - US federal authorities have
opened an investigation accusing Venezuelan National Assembly President Diosdado
Cabello and other top officials of involvement in international cocaine
trafficking and money laundering.
"There is extensive evidence to justify that he [Cabello] is one of the
heads, if not the head, of the cartel," a justice department official claimed
during an interview with The Wall Street Journal. No evidence was presented to
support the allegation.
The move follows accusations of illegal activities leveled against Cabello
by his former head bodyguard Leamsy Salazar, who fled to United States in
December and has reportedly been offered witness protection by the Drug
Enforcement Agency (DEA).
These unverified accusations were subsequently published as fact by ABC
España and other right-wing newspapers, prompting Cabello to seek legal action
for libel.
Cabello has accused Salazar of being an "infiltrator" and other Bolivarian
officials have alleged US
involvement.
Apart from Cabello, the US has also announced investigations of ex-Interior
Minister and current Aragua governor Tarek El Aissami, who was accused by ABC
España of unspecified ties to "Islamic networks", former director of military
intelligence Hugo Carvajal, head of the National Guard Nestor Reverol, industry
minister and head tax collector Jose David Cabello, and National Guard General
Motta Dominguez.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is not among those included in the US
probe.
The DEA, which has long been criticized of using the "drug war" as an
excuse for spying on
left-wing governments in the region, has neither confirmed nor denied its
role in the federal investigation.
Venezuela severed ties with the DEA in 2005 and has claimed that drug
seizures have been on the rise
ever since.
Last year alone, Bolivarian authorities confiscated 47 tons of drugs, up
from 2012 and 2013, and conducted 37,359 anti-drug educational
activities.
Venezuelan officials have yet to issue a response to the allegations raised
by US federal authorities.
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