Wednesday, May 20, 2015

NYC's most legendary prosecutor sees a darker threat in Venezuela's alleged global cocaine hub

On Monday the Wall Street Journal reported that the United States is investigating high-level Venezuelan government officials for allegedly turning their country into a global cocaine hub. Robert Morgenthau, the legendary former Manhattan District Attorney, has been making exactly that accusation for years. And for him, the Venezuelan government's questionable activity doesn't stop at drug running.  As early as 2009, Morgenthau was telling anyone that would listen about ties that his office was finding between the cocaine that ended up in New York City, the Venezuelan government, and Iran and its agents like the terror group Hezbollah. More…

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