The story that emerged during their nine-day
trial was jaw-dropping. Flores and Campo are the nephews of Cilia Flores, the
wife of President Maduro and a politician in her own right. According to trial
testimony, they were planning to move cocaine for the Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia (FARC) through Venezuela via the president’s private hangar
at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Caracas. They expected the deal
to bring them as much as $11 million, some of which was to be used to help fund
Cilia Flores’ re-election campaign. The story of how her nephews came to be
arrested, tried and convicted illuminates dark corners of “official”
involvement in the illegal drug trade in Venezuela -- raising serious questions
about the nexus of crime, law enforcement and government in that country. More….
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