January 20, 2008

Drug-Baron: Hugo Chavez

A top US anti-drugs official has accused Venezuelan President Hugo-Chavez of being a "major facilitator" of the trade in cocaine.


The official, John Walters, said Venezuela had become "a haven" for shipments of cocaine manufactured in neighbouring Colombia.

Mr Walters, speaking on a visit to Colombia, said failure to deal with the problem amounted to complicity. Mr Walters, director of the US Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), was meeting Colombian President Alvaro-Uribe.

Via BBC

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