Former ‘chief’ in Venezuela national police charged with threatening ‘dissident’ in Miami

A former high-ranking official in Venezuela’s national police agency has been arrested in Miami on a charge of circulating a violent video on his cellphone with a threat to kill someone.

Orlando Blasini Escobar Mayora, stopped after his arrival at Miami International Airport, is accused of transmitting the video showing a “graphic execution” of a man being killed with a shotgun blast to the head and multiple gunshots to the body. He allegedly sent the video to numerous contacts on his cellphone, authorities said. “This is to scare you,” a message attached to the video reads. It was included in a Department of Homeland Security Investigations complaint charging Escobar with transmitting the threatening video. More…