Soldiers Venezuelan Bolivarian National Guard (GNB, militarized police) found buried $ 550,000 in cash along with a kilo of cocaine and a modern rifle HK 33KE, said the Ministry of Interior.
The finding, in circumstances not yet revealed, occurred in a rural area of Apure state (western) border with Colombia, said the press officer of the Ministry of Interior and Justice (MIJ), Jorge Galindo. Read Article
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The National Armed Forces of Venezuela, in order to modernize its fleet, China will purchase more aircraft, model Y-8, after EE. UU. refused to sell to the Latin American country units and aircraft parts, models C-130 Hercules and C-123. according to hispantv.com. “Since we have left are a few inches Hercules aircraft, we had only […]
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The Venezuelan government’s hostile attitude toward Washington led Venezuela to stop being part of the solution to America’s energy problem, and its crude exports decline, the analyst said today José Toro Hardy. “This antagonistic attitude of President Hugo Chavez to the United States we have lost confidence as insurance providers crude,” said economist Notimex exdirectivo […]
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A powerful weapon called model UZI submachine gun, with logos CICPC was found in the hands of a guy nicknamed “The Bear” during a proceeding conducted by the Nueva Esparta state police. It was learned that the raid was conducted in Pampatar, in which officers were able to recover also other weaponry. Learned that “The […]
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Brazilian citizen requested since August this year, the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), was arrested early Wednesday by members of the sub Ciudad Bolivar of the Scientific, Penal and Criminal Investigations (CICPC). Rafael Altuve, regional director of the agency, said the capture occurred in the street Pool The Sabanita sector, after a hard work of […]
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If you add the weapons that are intended to destroy this 2012, a total of 54,737, with those destroyed in the country since 2003, “overcome the 342,575 weapons that are out of circulation in recent years.” Since 2003, when Venezuela began to exert a continuing policy for the destruction of firearms, destruction has been achieved […]
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The devaluation is expected by employers in early 2013 with the objective of reducing the fiscal deficit and alleviate pressures on the foreign exchange market, despite government denials and the negative impact on the already high inflation, according to dinero.com. Read Article
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The country with the largest oil reserves and the world’s cheapest gasoline has this peculiarity: a result of exchange controls imposed by the government of Hugo Chavez in 2003, which hampered the acquisition of foreign currency to import vehicles and parts, auto supply new dropped and prices soared, especially those used. A Mitsubishi Lancer bought […]
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday demanded his U.S. counterpart, Barack Obama, to reflect, to engage in their own state rule and forget to invade and destabilize other countries. This is the first reaction of President Chavez made public after the re-election of Obama in the presidential election held on Tuesday, which defeated the Republican […]
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The Bolivarian National Guard (GNB, militarized police) discovered a stash of 2.7 tons of drugs in Tachira state (northwest), which borders Colombia, the second largest of the year, said the Ministry of Interior. General Juan Romero, commander of the GNB, provide details of the find in the course of the day from the city of […]
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It took a while, but the dream of President Hugo Chavez came true: Venezuela Teresa premiered in three seasons, the socialist telenovela broadcast by the channel TVES, which was RCTV’s frequency, channel that brought worldwide fame to gender and the government did not renew in 2007 according to ecuavisa.com With giant screens, ball gowns and […]
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A total of 53,407 Venezuelans with chronic and difficult to care, including trauma, birth defects, cancer and disabilities, have traveled to Cuba to receive free care and specialist, said the Minister of Power Popular Health Eugenia Sader. “The agreement is a Cuba-Venezuela Solidarity program,” said the minister, interviewed on Tuesday in Venezuela, a program broadcast […]
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Caparo Forest Reserve, located in Barinas, southwest Venezuela, has virtually vanished. More than 140,000 hectares were devastated and the threat of squatting prevails in the absence of authorities. Just right after walking on the road identified as Pica 8, up there, at the peak of a huge palm tree, a spider monkey looks at visitors […]
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You cannot see it at first sight, but it is there. It grows slowly in light of oil revenues. It has been boosted by a president who in his next six year in office intends both “to fully crush the bourgeois State we inherited, the one existing upon the continuity of old and harmful practices; […]
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The People’s Ministry for the Environment (Minamb), together with the National Institute for Farm Safety (INSAI), rescued 22 wild birds were being unfairly trasladas Simon Bolivar International Airport, located in Maiquetia , Vargas state. Read Article
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The Ministry of Popular Power for Health (MPPS) in the coming days will issue a resolution signed by the holder of the office, Eugenia Sader, which prohibit the sale of Bio polymers in any form or any other hazardous substance aesthetic applications in the country. Number of deaths reported and used in plastic surgery such […]
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Globovision.com reported, unofficially became known that at least six bodies were admitted to the morgue in Bello Monte from Friday night until the early hours of Saturday which has a total of 316 bodies that have entered the month of October. Stresses the case of Jose Martinez 38 years of age who left five children […]
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lapatilla.com reported that a Venezuelan scuba diving instructor, aged 19 was arrested as a suspect of raping two Chilean tourists, 31 and 27, on the island of San Pedro de car, part of the Isla Margarita, the prosecutor said today. The Court of Violence against Women of that jurisdiction northeastern Venezuelan Caribbean Córdova Antoni ordered […]
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The robbery, kidnapping, robbery, kidnapping, abduction of children and minors has become a problem that national security entails citizen, as this gets worse every day, according to records from the Guyanese newspaper . Each year in Venezuela around 10,000 children are stolen and whose fate is possibly child pornography, organ trafficking or in the best […]
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NBCNEWS.com reported……CARACAS – With 90 percent of the votes in, President Hugo Chavez was declared the winner in the Venezuela presidential election. Chavez received 54 percent of the vote to serve an unprecedented third term after he changed the country’s constitution, NBC News reported. Read Article
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According to (Venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuela’s 2012 presidential elections got underway this morning, with many citizens queuing from 3 am in the early hours of the morning outside polling stations to cast their vote. Numerous supporters of the government began the day’s activities with the “toque de Diana;” a trumpet call at around 3.30 am reminding […]
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Lavanguardia.com reported that the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, said in an interview with Efe that no longer remembers the cancer and was “absolutely sure” that Venezuelans give her confidence again next Sunday in elections to elect the president who will lead the country between 2013 and 2019. “I do not remember that, but I […]
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Mercopress.com reported Presidential candidate Capriles claims Chavez ‘handed out’ 9 billion dollars to Mercosur allies Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles claims that the regime of President Hugo Chavez handed out nine billion dollars to Mercosur members (except for Brazil and Chile) as part of his plan to “export the Bolivarian revolution”. Read Article
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At 6:30 am on Friday, members of the Municipal Police of Chacao had to close part of Avenida Francisco de Miranda, at the height of Crystal Park, because some leaflets that were next to a bag announced that the was an explosive content. Read Article
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In the indictment filed by the prosecution, was sentenced to 30 years in prison Jesus Isaac Cazorla (22), for his role in the death of Monique Angele Poirot (74), of French nationality, which occurred on June 8, 2008, in La Asuncion, Arismendi municipality of Nueva Esparta state. At trial, the prosecutors 2nd and 5th of […]
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Flanked by the largest river in Venezuela and surrounded by thousands of acres of fertile savannas, the remote town of Caicara Orinoco is called by President Hugo Chavez to be one of the most important centers of development of oil country. But after five years and $ 312 million invested in the fabled “City of […]
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The president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, prepares cells “revolutionary militants,” partly from the so-called “collective” (street gangs), to control a possible adverse vote in the presidential elections of October 7. With any survey that begins impossible not to believe a victory for the opposition Henrique Capriles and obvious problems of Chavez election to fill certain […]
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The executive secretary of the opposition alliance of Venezuela, Democratic Unity Table, Ramon Aveledo, said the National Armed Forces (FAN) should not fear for the potential success of their candidate, Henrique Capriles , and voters should not be afraid of military institution. “They have nothing to fear in the National Armed Forces of our success […]
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Colombian Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzón, reported today that the FARC guerrilla, Luis Rincón Freddy Rojas, alias “El Cojo”, died after being captured wounded in Venezuela after a police operation. In a press conference, Finch said in Bogota that “Cojo” “was being pursued by the National Police and was located in Venezuela”, specifically in the […]
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The capture of Colombian drug trafficker Daniel Barrera Barrera is the most important stroke in Venezuela inflicted these criminal organizations, said today the Minister of Interior and Justice, Tarek El Aissami. The man, nicknamed “El Loco Barrera”, was arrested yesterday in the city of San Cristobal, Tachira state border, following an intelligence operation led by […]
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As the presidential election is less than one month away, President Chávez deepens his presence in the media in four different ways: press conferences, calls to radio shows, calls to the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) during ordinary press conferences, and approaches to journalists before or after his rallies, where he is willing […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that “The statistics point out a 74% rate of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants” “This great leap in the homicide rate is consistent with the establishment of the current political model” Under the auspices of the International Centre of Compared Criminology, Venezuelan researcher Luis Bravo (Professor at the Criminal Science Institute, Central University of […]
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Brother of the lawyer thinks he can be a warning or an attack. “We demand that the national government, with the elements of proof and elements of forensic interest is in the building where Dr. Maria Lourdes Afiuni, locate who these people are,” said the judge’s lawyer, Jose Amalio Graterol. The brother of Judge Maria […]
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The political scandal triggered by a video that appears opposition MP receiving money from an employer caused an earthquake in the campaign of the candidate Henrique Capriles. This when three weeks to the presidential elections in Venezuela. Read Article
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A man was arrested by National Guard troops, within the premises of Big Low Passenger Terminal, with more than a kilo of marijuana.The detainee by the name of Sandy Sanchez Donovan Jones, 22, known as “Sandy The Black”.According to the commander of Urban Security Detachment, Colonel Douglas Gonzalez Casamayor, the procedure was executed on the […]
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According to El-Nacional.com a ship that came from Belgium and docked at the port of Ferrominera Orinoco to load iron ore. Officials of the Regional Intelligence Unit Drug Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) were able to detect 478 kilos of high purity cocaine alleged to Juergen Schulte board the ship anchored in the port of Ferrominera […]
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Television footage showed dozens of supporters of the two sides in a kind of pitched battle outside the airport of Puerto Cabello, in central western oil country, where he planned to get the single candidate of the opposition, Henrique Capriles, for a campaign. Puerto Cabello has a mayor-government, but the government is one of the […]
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Unionradio.net reported GNB seized drugs in Zulia Venezuela GNB seized 122.3 kilograms of marijuana in Zulia As part of Operation Sentinel, members of the Regional Command 3 of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) seized 122.3 kilograms of marijuana in Maracaibo, Zulia state, reported in the account @ FANBoficial. Read Article
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El-nacional reported: International Confusion Although Chávez and his policies are an attraction for some, other aspects of his ‘Bolivarian revolution’ created a problem for tourists. Controls to prevent Venezuelans invest abroad mean that the official exchange rate for foreigners coming to U.S. dollars is low. A sandwich and a bottle of water in a cafe […]
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Rule out the presence of illegal miners in the Sierra de Parima “Before visiting these communities were able to review materials to identify remains or instrumental illegal miners used when addressing these areas. None of this could appreciate, “said Rolando Seguera Telesur journalist Rolando Segura, announced that the National Bolivarian Armed Forces (fanbase), ruled out […]
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Eluniversal.com reported that the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) has announced that accumulated inflation from January through August slowed down and stood at 9.8%. BCV’s Chairman Nelson Merentes and Finance Minister Jorge Giordani said this was a highly positive result. Last year, accumulated inflation accounted for 18.6% during the same period. “By the end of […]
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During this year there have been several operating failures in Amuay refinery, which belongs to the Paraguaná Refining Center (CRP) in Falcón state (northwest Venezuela). However, on Saturday early morning, August 24, a major fire started in the tanks yard and it turned out to be one of the most devastating accidents ever faced by […]
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Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolás Maduro has remarked that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez will be appointing in the next few days an envoy to join the commission leading the Colombian peace process. “The guidelines, activities, and the scope of Venezuela’s support in the talks,” will be set out by the Colombian Government, said Maduro during an […]
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According to the account of the victim’s father, who declined to reveal his identity for fear of reprisal, the young man was at his godfather preparing some arepas and went to his home to look more cornmeal. Two subjects known by the nicknames of “Charlie” and “Anderson”, berated the boy to ask him to return […]
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The Venezuelan government said it “found no evidence” of the massacre of 80 indigenous Yanomami in a jungle area bordering Brazil that was denounced by NGOs and opposition MP. After “these visits we have made in the indigenous communities, we can tell the country that there was no evidence of any deaths or no evidence […]
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Government demonstrators clashed with a walk attendees opposition candidate in Carabobo. “It is a sign of fear and weakness,” said the former governor of Miranda. The incidents occurred in Tocuyito, state of Carabobo, Henrique Capriles performed when one of his regular traversed by the Venezuelan people. According to a journalist Site News 24 , the […]
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Venezuela’s government said Thursday it expects to process 250,000 barrels of oil a day this weekend in Amuay refinery in the early hours of day 25 suffered an explosion that forced parts of the complex and stop left an official toll of 42 dead. The Mining and Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said that at this […]
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RCN radio reported that there is an increase in the amount of explosives being imported by guerrilla groups from Venezuela. Much of this activity is in the area of Arauca and are for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities. To date in 2012 7 thousand kilos of explosives have been seized by Colombian authorities. […]
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Hugo Chavez has long hands and handled at will a lot of people and various institutions in Venezuela. Proof of this is the way is that it has managed to block a shocking announcement made by opponents who support Henrique Capriles, which highlights the fear and insecurity that dominate the streets of Caracas and other […]
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SurvivalInternational.org reported gold miners in Venezuela have carried out a ‘massacre’ of isolated Yanomami Indians, according to reports received by Survival International. Witnesses of the aftermath described finding ‘burnt bodies and bones’ when they visited the community of Irotatheri in the country’s Momoi region, close to the border with Brazil. Initial reports suggest up to […]
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Venezuela’s state oil company confirmed today that there was an oil spill at its refinery on the Caribbean island of Curacao over “ten days” and is near completion with the “complete cleanup of affected area”. In a press release, PDVSA gave no details of the origin and size of the spill and said that “the […]
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One person was killed Tuesday night in northwestern Venezuela in the crash of a small plane carrying a quantity of drugs yet to be determined, said the Deputy Minister of Public Safety, Nestor Reverol. “He was a person apparently manning a single-engine aircraft, which is dead,” he said in a telephone connection Reverol the official […]
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Through week 32, Tachira state has reported 535 cases of dengue fever, which represents an increase of 27 percent compared to the figures reported last year by the same date, the increase is due precisely to the rains that have fallen in recent days, however, cases of DHF they have had a decrease of 31 […]
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The Colombian security forces arrested 14 suspected collaborators of the guerrillas of the FARC, including a logistics chief weapons smuggled across the border with Venezuela, the National Police reported Friday. Catches were recorded in two operations, one in a troubled area of Cauca (southwest) and the other in the Arauca (eastern) border with Venezuela. In […]
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A deadly explosion at Venezuela’s largest oil refinery over the weekend has unleashed a barrage of criticism at the government’s management of the state-run oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela. Even as President Hugo Chávez has turned the oil company into the financial engine of his socialist revolution, critics say it has neglected essential activities like […]
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Automatic guns of various calibres, AK-45, AR-15, FAL, AFAG machine guns, rifles steyr, and dragunov, is the arsenal that is in the Yare I. According to intelligence work he did a group of officials from the Ministry of Correctional Services, that amounts to 500 weapons arsenal in total. To which must be added an unknown […]
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The prosecution was able to custodial Colombian-born citizen Juan Bilbao, 43 years old, for his alleged links with the case of the plane that took off without authorization from Arturo Michelena International Airport in Valencia, Carabobo state, with a cargo drug, which was subsequently stash seized by the Spanish authorities in the Canary Islands. Read […]
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The Commander of the Special Anti-Drug Unit of the GNB Maiquetia, Lieutenant Colonel Juan Alberto Ramos Faria said that this citizen attempted to board the flight JJ8051, airline TAM, bound for Sao Paulo-Dubai-Nairobi. Staff assigned to the Drug Enforcement Special Unit Maiquetia, succeeded in capturing a Nigerian citizen, (31) with 14.900 Kg of suspected cocaine […]
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Eluniversal.com reported at approximately 1:11 am on Saturday a very powerful explosion occurred in two areas of propane-butane Amuay refinery in Paraguaná Refining Complex (CRP) in Falcon state, causing a loud noise in the area and affecting the homes in nearby communities, according to the Oil and Mining Minister Rafael Ramirez. The official did not […]
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The Bolivarian National Guard in Venezuela seized over 92 kilograms of marijuana and over 4 kilograms of crack cocaine in Apure. According to El Tiempo, the drugs were found in a Ford 150 vehicle driven by a 61-year-old citizen of Tachira. The name of the citizen and whether the suspect was arrested has not been […]
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A Guyana’s NGO denounced that Venezuelan women are trafficked to work in mines and to engage in prostitution near Cuyuni River (in the disputed area, on the border with southern Bolivar state). The president of Guyana Women Mining Organization (GWMO) Simona Broomes denounced the case in the Guyanese newspaper Stabroeknews, and she also asked the […]
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early in May, seeking to curb the impact of falling prices on the country’s international reserves, the board of directors of the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) decided to change the method that had been used to appraise the value of Venezuelan gold bullion. So, rather than appraising Venezuelan gold (11.76 million ounce) based on […]
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Barquisimeto. – Around 580 people have been kidnapped since Sunday afternoon in Central Judicial Internship West Uribana prison in Lara, according to unofficial sources. In the prison, at the end of the visit, a group of inmates decided that visitors not to leave jail to protest the alleged procedural delay of victims. He said the […]
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As part of the control, prevention and security that executes the national government through the Department of Crime Prevention (DPD), the National Anti-Drug Office and the National Land Transport (INTT ) have been sanctioned to 182 drivers for alcohol and / or drugs in the country, when subjected to the tests that apply to drivers […]
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Nine former police officers in Venezuela were among 12 individuals arrested in 2008 for drug trafficking in Apure. Because of evidence produced at their trial, they have been convicted of drug trafficking and sentenced to 9-10 years in prison. According to El Nacional, they had used a clandestine airstrip to transport drugs. Some of the […]
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A Venezuelan man was caught transporting 98 kilos of marijuana on August 15, 2012. He was travelling along the Francisco Fajardo highway near San Agustín when officials stopped him and discovered the drugs in his truck, according to an El Universal report. The suspect, who was not identified by name, was placed in the custody […]
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Santiago Martín Monforte (33) was arrested after attempting to fly to Portugal from Venezuela with 56 capsules of liquid cocaine. The drugs weighed a total of 1.277 grams, according to an El Carabobeno report. The suspect was found in the Caracas airport after displaying nervous behavior. He admitted he was carrying drugs in his stomach. […]
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Officials stopped a plane in Gran Canaria that had travelled from Venezuela to the Canary Islands after Interpol alerted the aircraft might have been carrying drugs. The private jet was believed to have been transporting drugs disguised as humanitarian aid, according to El Nacional. Three people had been travelling in the plane. Dozens of packages […]
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Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez Frias during a radio and television said “We found that we have one of the largest gas reserves in the world and we are now at 200 trillion cubic feet and continue to discover more” According to studies by the Geological Survey of the United States certifies that the Orinoco Belt […]
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The prosecution has accused Kenya on Monday the first secretary of the Embassy of Venezuela, Dwight Sagaray, the murder of interim ambassador in Nairobi that South American country, Olga Fonseca, occurred in late June. Fonseca was found dead with signs of strangulation on 27 July at his home in Nairobi, a fact which added to […]
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Mexico: Mexican women accused of human trafficking in Venezuela On July 15th, Aide Soto Rascon, and Sandra Garcia Rascon were accused of child trafficking in the state of Lara in Venezuela. The presumed aggressors, of Mexican descent, convinced a 13 year old girl to travel with them to Mexico. According to authorities when detained the […]
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Two boats bearing the Venezuelan flag were stopped by the French Navy Patrol near Kourou, off the coast of French Guyana. The captains on board the vessels were arrested for engaging in illegal fishing activities, El Universal reports. After the arrests, the captured fish were released into the ocean. The boats, which are currently held […]
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Officials have determined that the state of Apure in Venezuela is a crucial stop along a drug route from South America to the United States and Europe. Because the state is located along the Colombian border, most of the drugs passing through are related to FARC. According to La Patilla, 24% of cocaine that reaches […]
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Venezuela’s president and candidate for reelection, Hugo Chavez said Wednesday he feels in good health and denied rumors launched by “mentally ill” about that during his visit to Brazil to have visited a clinic to pass a review of its health status. Read Article
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A drug ring operating in Caracas, Venezuela was foiled after four individuals, all Colombian, were caught planning to fly to Portugal with drugs. The drugs were hidden inside a double-bottomed suitcase, Noticias 24 reports. The drug operation, planned to occur at night, was intercepted after intelligence work. The four suspects were caught after leaving a […]
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The Bolivarian National Guard in Venezuela confiscated 63 kilograms and 431 grams of cocaine at the Maracaibo port. According to a Noticias de Prensa Latina report, the drug shipment was to make its way from the port to the Dominican Republic. The drugs were concealed in two bags that were to be loaded onto a […]
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Two women and ten men were accused of operating a clandestine drug laboratory dismantled on May 26, 2012. The laboratory was located the the Venezuelan state of Nueva Sparta, La Saeta reports. The public prosecutor formally charged the suspects with the crime of drug distribution. The suspects were identified as Urdalis María Ramos (55), Yurima […]
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A Spaniard and a Venezuelan were arrested after officials in the Maiquetía airport seized two drug shipments. The first occurred when the Spaniard was caught with 12.5 kilos of cocaine taped to his body. He attempted to board a Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt, Germany, Correo del Orinoco reports. The 41-year-old Venezuelan citizen attempted to board […]
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The National Drug Control seized 12 packages of cocaine in the port of Boca Chica, the Dominican Republic on July 25, 2012. The shipment was to be sent to Secre, Venezuela, authorities believe. The drugs originated in Curaçao, but a mechanical issue forced the boat to seek land. The vessel is registered with the name […]
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It was published in the Official Gazette No. 39,970 circulating today, the Special Law of Indebtedness Supplemental Fiscal 2012. It was published in the Official Gazette No. 39,970 circulating today, the Special Law of Indebtedness Supplemental Fiscal 2012. Through this Act, authorizing the Executive, through the Ministry of the People with expertise in planning and […]
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Four alleged members of a gang of robbers bank customers were captured by agents Politáchira when loitering suspiciously by the agency of Banco Mercantil, at the intersection of Avenue 19 April with the La Guacara. The arrest was performed on Monday, shortly before noon, when it was known, through the Central Patrol, that in the […]
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Seized 55 rifles “Rastrojos” with logos of the Venezuelan Armed Forces A total of 55 rifles logos of the Venezuelan Armed Forces who belong to “stubble” were seized by authorities in the municipality of Puerto Santander, Norte de Santander.The operation qe enabled this operation was made possible by information from the public, reported Tuesday, Defense […]
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The National Guard in Venezuela seized 820 kilograms of high-purity cocaine in the south of the Apure state. The drugs were located on the banks of a creek, Entera Gente reports. The creek flows into the Meta River. Officials discovered the drugs in 23 bundles hidden in high tree branches. The drugs were transported to […]
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Authorities seized 190 packages of drugs in Maracaibo, Venezuela. The drugs were found on a truck travelling in the Valmiro León neighborhood. According to Noticia Al Dia, the packages were wrapped with plastic. Four people were arrested during the operation, although their names were not specified. The type of drug seized was not reported. Read […]
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A 52-year-old Romanian man was arrested by the Bolivarian National Guard in the Maiquetia International Airport in Venezuela after attempting to fly to Paris, France with cocaine. He had planned to then connect to Frankfurt, Germany. He was carrying the drugs in a brown suitcase with a false bottom, Noticias 24 reports. The total weight […]
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Two Venezuelans, one 23 and the other 15, were arrested on July 14, 2012 after the Bolivarian National Guard found them with marijuana. The drugs were going to be distributed around the Colinas de Mara de Morón community, in which the suspects were found. According to Etorno Inteligente, the suspects face charges of drug possession. […]
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The Bolivarian National Guard, with help from the NationalAnti-Drug Office in Venezuela, discovered and destroyed an international drug trafficking campsite located in the state of Apure. According to officials, the site consisted of a rudimentary hangar and three huts. The campsite was located in the Morichales forest, La Patilla reports. A clandestine laboratory was also […]
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The Bolivariana National Guard discovered and dismantled a clandestine airstrip in the Apure state of Venezuela. The airstrip is believed to be the take-off location of a plane stopped and captured at the Punto Fijo airport on July 6, 2012. The illegal airstrip was 1.4 kilometers long and was located near the Juriepe river. 220 […]
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A Venezuelan man was stopped and arrested as he was travelling the Cucuta-El Vigia route with 11 kilograms of cocaine. He had been travelling with public transportation, Venezolana de Television reports, and was caught by the Bolivariana National Guard in Tachira. According to officials, the suspect had been carrying drugs in the false bottom of […]
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An unidentified Venezuelan citizen, 29, was caught in the Caracas airport attempting to fly to Europe with 60 sacs of liquid cocaine. According to El Tiempo, the suspect had tried to board flight AZ-687 of the Alitalia airline on the Rome-Milan route. After the suspect had expelled the drugs, security officials determined the total weight […]
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Security officials in Venezuela discovered 220 grams of liquid cocaine in an international shipping company. The drug was intended to be sent to Madrid, Spain, Ultimas Noticias reports. Officials state the discovery was made after intensive intelligence work. It was found contained within a cardboard box after an X-ray machine displayed shadows not typical of […]
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Undeniably, Iran and Venezuela share common interests. Their cooperation began more than 50 years ago, in Baghdad, Iraq. In 1960, Venezuela, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia founded OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Countries) to ensure good sales terms for themselves from foreign oil companies. Thus, the good relationship between Iran and Venezuela is more than […]
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A mother and daughter were arrested in the Zanjón de Cúa sector of Miranda state, Venezuela for drug trafficking, drug consumption, and illegal possession of a weapon. The two were arrested after officials raided their residence and discovered a gun without a permit. Seven bundles of marijuana and cash were also found, El Universal reports. […]
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The U.S. Department of Treasury announced sanctions against five individuals for laundering money in Venezuela and Colombia on behalf of a Lebanese drug-trafficking organization. One of the suspects is believed to be raising money for Hezbollah, an Islamic terrorist group. Ali Mohamed Saleh, who has dual Colombian-Lebanese citizenship, is accused of coordinating Hezbollah’s activities in […]
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A large shipment of drugs was intercepted in the afternoon on June 25, 2012 at the Port of Maracaibo, Venezuela. In total, 21 tons of drugs were seized. The type of drug was not specified, but Panorama reports that they were tucked inside rolls of water-proofing material. The drug was found in a storage area, […]
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Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, said last Sunday that he ordered to halt oil shipments to Paraguay and recalled Venezuela’s ambassador in Asuncion after the impeachment of former president Fernando Lugo which he called a coup. While oil exports from Venezuela represent 27 percent of oil consumption in Paraguay, Sergio Escobar, head of state-owned Petropar, said […]
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After three years of research, the Colombian police the whereabouts of a band called “The Carranza.” The gang, made up of six criminals, was devoted exclusively to the cloning of ATM cards. The tentacles of this band came to four countries in the region: Venezuela, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador. Read Article
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The manager of Venezuela’s drone program is an engineer who helped build ballistic missiles for Iran. The engineer’s identity raises new questions about the purposes behind Venezuela’s drone program. But it’s also only one part of a mystery involving drones shipped from Iran to Venezuela while hidden in secret cargo containing possibly more military hardware […]
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A 24-year-old man from the Merida state of Venezuela was caught in the Simón Bolívar International Airport as he attempted to fly to Rome, Italy with 70 sacs of cocaine in his stomach. The total weight of the drugs was 1 kilo, El Tiempo reports. The flight was operated by the Alitalia airline. The plane […]
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The Bolivarian National Guard seized 330 kilos of marijuana in the Tachira area after noticing irregular cattle movements along a path between Tachira and Capache. Upon investigating, officials discovered 7 sacks containing 336 panels of marijuana weighing 330 kilos. The location of the drugs was approximately 5 miles from the border with Colombia in the […]
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