Venezuela’s ‘Narco Nephews’ Case Hints at Govt Complicity in Drug Trade

In a separate conversation reported by Honduran news outlet La Prensa, the other nephew, Flores de Freitas, was asked by an informant if former Venezuelan National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello was the head of the Cartel of the Suns. “They say he is the boss,” Flores de Freitas replied. “I don’t know the truth.” Former government figures have previously accused Cabello of leading the Cartel of the Suns, and US authorities have reportedly investigated these claims. Another indication of high-level complicity in the drug trade came in the form of testimony by a DEA agent that Cilia Flores’ brother Bladimir helped arrange a meeting between the nephews and an alleged Honduran drug trafficker referred to as “El Sentado,” who was killed less than a month after the nephews’ arrest. Bladimir Flores reportedly serves as a high-level police official in Venezuela. More…