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Related: About this forumVenezuela to Colombia: Don’t extradite accused narco to US
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article87979462.htmlhttp://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/wmuqnk/picture87979457/ALTERNATES/FREE_960/IMG_8x-DQkbJ_2_1_LO8FF8GU_L231626483
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has asked Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos to block the extradition to the United States of a Venezuelan armed forces captain alleged to be a key figure in Venezuela's Cartel of the Suns.
Capt. Yazenky Antonio Lamas Rondón, 36, who once worked as the pilot for First Lady Cilia Flores, was arrested last month in Colombia under a request by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), which has started extradition procedures.
Lamas Rondón is considered a key player in the cartel, and if he cooperates with U.S. authorities may provide extensive details about the operations of the drug trafficking organization and the participation of senior leaders from the chavista movement.
The Venezuelan president is doing everything possible to keep that from happening, sources close to the case told el Nuevo Herald.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article87979462.html#storylink=cpy
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Venezuela to Colombia: Don’t extradite accused narco to US (Original Post)
Bacchus4.0
Jul 2016
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Marksman_91
(2,035 posts)1. Hmm, wonder why... N/t
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)2. You can bet God-given Hair is peeing his pants about now...
Bacchus4.0
(6,837 posts)3. I wonder hmmm nt