Remember that poor little 31 year old student, slain brutally in the streets of Venezuela,

[Judi Lynn]

the little school lad who just happened to be up to his round nose in peddling stolen government-subsidized student bus fare discount tickets, and stolen cars, and drug trafficking? Remember how the right-wing opportunistic a-holes LEPT into vicious action, throwing fits in the street, trying to start a riot, blaming it all on the Venezuelan people's elected President Chavez?

Here's the google translation of the latest article I've seen taken from their virulently anti-Chavez opposition "newspaper," El Nacional:

10 kingpins of drug trafficking have been arrested in Venezuela so far this year

November 03, 2008 - EFE

The chairman of the National Anti-Drug Office, Nestor Reverol, said that the Croatian drug trafficker arrested this weekend will remain in the country until the authorities determine whether to answer for any crime to justice in Venezuela

The Croatian citizen Slobodan Kasic was captured in Venezuela, reported the National Anti-Drug Office (ONA), to clarify that this arrest rises to ten the number of kingpins of drug trafficking requested by international agencies apprehended this year in the country.

The president of the ONA, Colonel Nestor Reverol, said during a news conference in Caracas that Kasic, 66, was sought by Interpol and was arrested during the weekend, "without specifying further details, outlined the Bolivarian News Agency.

Kasic in Croatia was sentenced to 13 years in prison in 1998 for drug trafficking from Ecuador to his home country and according to Reverol remain in Venezuela to "determine whether you must answer for any crime" committed in the country.

"If not charged by national authorities coordinate with the Croatian justice for effecting the surrender of this citizen in the short term," he added.

Reverol also reported the seizure of 43 tons of narcotics and the arrest of more than 5,700 individuals linked to drug trafficking so far this year.

The president of the ONA added that the Colombian Wilmer Villadiego Henry and Fortis, the two captured two weeks ago in connection with the murder of student leader Julio Soto, are requested by the U.S. government for 16 charges related to the alleged trafficking drugs.

According Reverol, are under the relevant paperwork with the government of Colombia and the U.S. embassy to the deportation of Villadiego and Fortis "in the coming days."

Of the 10 kingpins of drug trafficking requested by international agencies arrested in Venezuela this year, five were in Zulia state, bordering with Colombia.

Among those captured in 2008 are the Colombian drug lords Marcos Orozco and Aldo Alvarez, deported to Colombia last September 11 or Italian Giovanni Civile.

http://www.el-nacional.com/www/site/p_contenido.php?q=nodo/52493/Sociedad/10%20capos%20del%20narcotr%C3%A1fico%20han%20sido%20detenidos%20en%20Venezuela%20en%20lo%20que%20va%20de%20a%C3%B1o

[Bacchus39]

1. yeah, I remember they arrested national intelligence officers too

Chavez has some big problems.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Why not cough up a link drawing any connection between the arrested people

and the Chavez administration.

We'll wait.

[bitchkitty]

3. We'll wait in vain. Once again Bacchus

pulls his info out of his ass.

[Judi Lynn]

4. We won't be holding our breath, will we? They are typically fact-impaired,

but flowing with slurs, and grotesque disdain for the workers, indigenous of Latin America. That's simply NOT so democratic, is it?

Would make a maggot gag.