Venezuelan parliament chief Diosdado Cabello said in an
interview on Sunday that he plans to file lawsuits in Spain and the United States
following media reports that link him and other top officials to cocaine
trafficking and money laundering. The Wall Street Journal two weeks ago
reported that U.S. federal prosecutors were gathering evidence from former
cocaine traffickers and military defectors as part of an investigation into
Cabello, No. 2 of the ruling Socialist Party. Spanish newspaper ABC in January
published a story alleging Cabello's former security chief had fled for the
United States with evidence that Cabello was involved in the drug trade. Cabello
denies the charges, and has sued three Venezuelan media outlets for
republishing information from the ABC story. More…
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