U.S. agents arrested two relatives of
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on charges they conspired to transport 800
kilograms of cocaine to the U.S., according to two people familiar with the
matter, a potentially explosive incident that comes amid U.S. accusations that
the top echelon of Venezuela’s government is involved in the narcotics trade. The
two men, Efraín Antonio Campo Flores and Francisco Flores de Freitas, were
first arrested in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Tuesday by local police, turned
over to U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents and flown the same day to
New York in a DEA jet, these people said. The two were scheduled to go before a
federal judge in New York on Thursday, they said. A spokesman for the federal
district court declined to comment. More… 
Thursday, November 12, 2015
U.S. Arrests Two Relatives of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Drug-Trafficking Charges
U.S. agents arrested two relatives of
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on charges they conspired to transport 800
kilograms of cocaine to the U.S., according to two people familiar with the
matter, a potentially explosive incident that comes amid U.S. accusations that
the top echelon of Venezuela’s government is involved in the narcotics trade. The
two men, Efraín Antonio Campo Flores and Francisco Flores de Freitas, were
first arrested in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Tuesday by local police, turned
over to U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents and flown the same day to
New York in a DEA jet, these people said. The two were scheduled to go before a
federal judge in New York on Thursday, they said. A spokesman for the federal
district court declined to comment. More… 
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