Posted on 01/05/2010 9:39:04 PM PST by Nachum
Western Hemisphere Jay Bergman, DEA director for the Andean region of South America, said that most of the planes used for drug traffickers to get cocaine to West Africa have departed from Venezuela. This was the situation in a dozen cases in which there have been seizures, Bergman told Reuters.
"Geography is the key reason why Venezuela has become a springboard location," Bergman added. "If you look at the range and refueling requirements, that is the place you have to fly from," the official of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said.
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Scanned the other articles. Chavez threatens Holland for supposedly helping the US make war on Venezuela... for its help in cutting off the drug shipments headed north from Venezuela, forcing them to ship via Africa.
One of the major bankers is calling for a switch to the US dollar in order to put an end to runaway inflation.
Plainclothes cops mugged on the subway.
Electricity being rationed.
Its a socialist paradise.
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