2 officials: Venezuelan National Guard chief indicted in US
Source: AP
NEW YORK (AP) — The head of Venezuela's National Guard and a former anti-drug official will soon face U.S. charges accusing the high-ranking military officials of colluding with cocaine traffickers, two officials familiar with the case said Wednesday.
Gens. Nestor Reverol and Edilberto Molina are named in an indictment in federal court in New York City that accuses Reverol of tipping off traffickers to raids and hindering investigations when he served as Venezuela's drug czar, the officials said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the indictment remains under seal.
Reverol is the former head of Venezuela's anti-drug agency and ally of late socialist leader Hugo Chavez. Molina also once worked the agency.
Neither has yet responded publicly to the accusations, but Venezuela's top military official immediately rejected the allegations.
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