Venezuela turns over Colombian drug suspect to US, Dutch suspect handed over to Netherlands

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Venezuela hands over drug suspects to US, Dutch
Associated Press, 03.21.11, 03:07 PM EDT

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela has turned over a Colombian drug suspect to U.S. authorities and sent five other suspects to the Netherlands and Colombia, where they face charges ranging from drug trafficking to murder.

Venezuelan Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami says Gloria Rojas Valencia is accused by U.S. authorities of being a member of Mexico's Zetas drug gang. The 53-year-old Rojas was captured in January.

Officials describe her as the companion of Colombian drug suspect Luis Frank Tello Candelo, who was deported to the U.S. last year.

El Aissami said Monday that 61-year-old Dutch suspect Merk Anton Hernan is being sent to the Netherlands to face drug charges.




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Gloria Rojas Valencia

[Arctic Dave]

1. You know this means nothing to the quacking haters right?

They will scream out like monkeys in a tree about how this is not enough and how this is just a Chavez Jedi Mind Trick.

[Judi Lynn]

2. True, I know that much! We just won't tolerate leftist democratically elected leaders

in other people's countries. Can't have it. They'd better either assimilate predator values, or start runnin'!



"Commies! Pinkos! Socialists! Muslins!"

[Arctic Dave]

6. LOL. You have captured it nicely. Nt

[GreenTea]

8. Parentheses are appropriate for the word "leftist" - Usually only right-wing

republicans & their corporate media (along with progressives like myself who want to mock the republicans) use that word/term "Leftist" for any Latin American leader who's NOT a bought & sold right-wing whore dictator (why aren't these same dictators referred to as “rightist” by the republicans & their right-wing media pontificaters) these right-wing dictators allow their countries to be bled to death by American corporate imperialist (with constant CIA intervention and US military backing if necessary) along with the blood-sucking IMF & World Bank.

[naaman fletcher]

3. Actually,

Every time Colombia hands someone over the chavez fans claim that Colombia is sending them to the US because the US will hide them away to keep them from testifying in Colombia against Uribe/Santos.

Now Chavez is handing them over. I guess Chavez is in on it too, then.

That being said, I think all of Latin America should band together and collectively give the finger to the US, legalize drugs, and kick all US military personnel out of latin america.

[Arctic Dave]

4. I find it strange that we are "the only ones" that can try criminal activity.

Except our own.

[Judi Lynn]

5. Spend some time researching. You will see the loved ones of their victims

are bitterly angry that the US and Colombian government cooperate in sending people involved in massacres, in tortures, in land theft off to the U.S., where their records are often sealed permanently, to stand charges for narcotrafficking, not mass murder and unspeakable methods of terrorism and torture, and they NEVER have to answer for the astonishingly sadistic, hideously vicious crimes they have perpetrated against helpless human beings in Colombia.

That's not a whimsical charge concocted by some dufus "pinko" message board members.

[naaman fletcher]

11. I agree.

But why is Chavez helping them?

[Judi Lynn]

13. There's a puzzler. The female is connected to a Mexican gang.

As far as I know, she's never been a member of a narcotrafficking death squad in Colombia.

As for the male, I have no information on him.

Your question doesn't seem to make too much sense to me.

I was most clearly discussing Colombian killers.

[naaman fletcher]

15. my general viewpoint...

Is that the intentions of the US in trying Colombian drug traffickers were initially good (well, good if you believe in the drug war, which I don't but most people do). Along the way, the Colombian and US insiders realized that it was a way to hide their nefarious activities.

At this point, you and I have a break in worldview. You seem to see evil as plotted and controlled by many people, I see it at something that mostly sort of happens along the way. There is no right or wrong to that question, its essentially my personal experience of many different businesses over many different countries.

But anyway, the question becomes... what now is Chavez doing?

Personally, I think Chavez and Santos are cozying up. This could mean simply that Chavez is no longer willing to protect enemies of Colombia, because he is trying to get along with Santos, or, it could mean that the political machinations are in overdrive. Who knows? I don't.

[Bacchus39]

7. yeah, most countries hand over suspects, why should monkey Chavez get

any accolades??

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[Bacchus39]

10. I apologize to all monkeys for comparing them to Chavez

monkeys are higher primates, Chavez is not.

[naaman fletcher]

12. As I recall

A common expression on this site is to refer to the 2nd president bush as chimp, so the racism allegation against you rings hollow.

[Judi Lynn]

14. Due entirely to the raft of photos taken of him looking EXACTLY like an ape.

Her comment most certainly doesn't ring hollow by any stretch of imagination.

Hugo Chavez is the place where all the defecto right-wing racists go, since he fulfills their total anti-black, and anti-native American needs, as well as serving as a representative for the masses of poor brown people throughout the Americas.

It's beyond easy to see how they fold in their ancient race-hatred into their ignorant perception of leftists, and their attempt to throttle a leftist leader long distance, far away, where it's completely safe.

In the meantime, progressive, concerned people always encourage others to dive in there and do their own research rather than buy what any idiot claims in the heat of a racist, rightist hate-raving spasm.

The truth is too important to leave to someone else. Progressive people look for it themselves.