A senior Venezuelan official said Monday
two relatives of President Nicolás Maduro charged last week in New York in a
scheme to import 800 kilos of cocaine were “kidnapped” by U.S. agents in an
attempt to discredit the government less than a month before crucial
congressional elections. Speaking in a television interview Monday, Diosdado
Cabello, the president of Venezuela’s congress, said Mr. Maduro can’t be held
responsible for the actions of his relatives. It was the first direct comment
by a senior Venezuelan official on the detention of Efrain Antonio Campo
Flores, 29 and Franqui Francisco Flores de Freitas, 30, last week. The two were
arrested by Haitian police in Port-au-Prince and then handed over to agents of
the Drug Enforcement Administration who flew them on a DEA jet to New York.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Arrest of Nicolas Maduro Relatives a ‘Kidnapping,’ Venezuelan Official Says
A senior Venezuelan official said Monday
two relatives of President Nicolás Maduro charged last week in New York in a
scheme to import 800 kilos of cocaine were “kidnapped” by U.S. agents in an
attempt to discredit the government less than a month before crucial
congressional elections. Speaking in a television interview Monday, Diosdado
Cabello, the president of Venezuela’s congress, said Mr. Maduro can’t be held
responsible for the actions of his relatives. It was the first direct comment
by a senior Venezuelan official on the detention of Efrain Antonio Campo
Flores, 29 and Franqui Francisco Flores de Freitas, 30, last week. The two were
arrested by Haitian police in Port-au-Prince and then handed over to agents of
the Drug Enforcement Administration who flew them on a DEA jet to New York.
More… 
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