A Venezuelan judge has fled to the United States after he was dismissed as a Supreme Court Magistrate on March 20th, when an investigation was launched into his links to Venezuelan drug lord Walid Makled.
In the days following the release of a White House memorandum that placed Venezuela on a list of illicit drug transit and producing countries, Venezuela deported two suspected drug traffickers, confiscated 3,260 kilograms of illegal drugs, and seized four airplanes used for drug trafficking.
By Romain Migus - Venezuelanalysis.com, Sep 22nd 2009
In order to prepere international public opinion for a possible military attack on Venezuela, U.S. government propaganda insists on the fallacy that the Hugo Chavez government in Venezuela is facilitating drug trafficking. This article examines the myths and realities about the anti-drug struggle in Venezuela.
By James Suggett – Venezuelanalysis.com, May 14th 2009
The Venezuelan National Guard seized 1,981 kilograms of cocaine in Miranda state on Saturday and 830 kilograms of marijuana in Trujillo state on Sunday, according to the director of Venezuela's National Anti-Drug Office (ONA), Nestor Reverol.
On Thursday, Ramon Carrizalez, vice president of Venezuela, blamed the U.S, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for lower drug confiscation rates during the period in which Venezuela was cooperating with it.
