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Related: About this forumAre Colombian paramilitary groups active in Venezuela?
http://colombiareports.com/are-colombian-paramilitary-groups-active-in-venezuela/After Colombia began to crack down on drug trafficking over the first decade of this century, many large scale operations moved to Venezuela where they were received by a sometimes ambivalent, and often complicit government. Rather than using Colombias Caribbean coast, the drug lords are now trafficked to Venezuela where widespread corruption among the authorities allows them to ship drugs to the Caribbean.
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What Maduro isnt saying
On the Venezuela side of the border smuggling is coordinated by former Venezuelan military officials called the Cartel de los Soles. Using their connections and influence in the military, the Cartel de los Soles move cocaine through Venezuela to the global market.
The Soles arent a cartel in a traditional sense, but a loose connection of criminal cells within the various branches of the Venezuelan military. The Soles are most active in the border regions, where they are believed to work with the FARC, a Colombian leftist guerrilla group to move cocaine across the border.
The United States federal government has recently stepped up its investigation of governmental corruption in Venezuela. Their main target is Diosdado Cabello, the president of Venezuelas national assembly and its second most powerful man after President Maduro. Cabello is believed to be the ringleader of a large narco-trafficking organization. They have also identified members of the upper levels of the Venezuelan government and military as the leaders of drug trafficking operations in Venezuela.
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Are Colombian paramilitary groups active in Venezuela? (Original Post)
Bacchus4.0
Sep 2015
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No. They are Colombian paramilitary/CIA/Masonic/Illuminati/Bilderberg/NWO groups
COLGATE4
Sep 2015
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COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)1. No. They are Colombian paramilitary/CIA/Masonic/Illuminati/Bilderberg/NWO groups
headed personally by Alvaro Uribe in jungle fatigues and financed by George Soros. Doesn't everyone know that?
Bacchus4.0
(6,837 posts)2. Maduro doing something that most Venezuelans can't easily do (Nico en NY)
getting a cup of coffee.