Venezuelan authorities seized 872 kilograms of marijuana from Colombian town councilor

[Judi Lynn]

CARACAS, Wednesday May 19, 2010

Venezuelan authorities seized 872 kilograms of marijuana from Colombian town councilor

General Franklin Márquez, the chief of the military regional command (CORE1), said that troops on the Venezuela-Colombia border spotted at a mobile checkpoint a car carrying illegal drugs, and arrested, among others, José Armando Chevez Prado, who is the head of the city council of the Colombian region of Puerto de Santander
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The Venezuelan National Guard seized on Tuesday 872 kilograms of suspected marijuana in the northern area of the Venezuela state of Táchira. The president of the city council of Puerto de Santander (Colombia), José Armando Chevez Prado, was arrested in the operation.

The report was provided by General Franklin Márquez, the head of the military regional command (CORE1) of the Venezuelan National Guard, who said that the raid took place on Tuesday morning.

http://english.eluniversal.com/2010/05/19/en_pol_art_venezuelan-authoriti_19A3893603.shtml
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[naaman fletcher]

1. I hope Judi

That you agree with me that the number one thing that Latin america can do to improve the lives of everyone there is to give washington the finger o
the war on drugs.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Absolutely, you bet. The sooner, the better. It has been a doorway for manipulation of governments

in Latin America, and a means of compromising the leaders, not to mention the horrendous, and unnecessary cost in human lives.

[protocol rv]

3. yeah, legalize it and the damn war on drugs will end

I don't see a need to keep going this way.