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Venezuelen officials in US drug indictment

Two former top officials at Venezuela's anti-narcotics agency have been indicted by US prosecutors for allegedly taking part in cocaine trafficking.

Criminology specialists test cocaine seized in Venezuela.
Criminology specialists test cocaine seized in Venezuela. Source: Getty Images

US prosecutors have announced an indictment of two former top officials at Venezuela's anti-narcotics agency, including one who became the head of the national guard, over allegations they took part in a cocaine distribution scheme.

The indictment filed in federal court in Brooklyn on Monday.

It identified the officials as Nestor Reverol, the former general director of the anti-narcotics agency and one-time commander of Venezuela's National Guard, and Edylberto Molina, a former deputy head of the drug agency and now a military attache posted in Germany.


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