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Is Venezuela Preparing For A Military Strike On Colombia? By Matthew Smith - Apr 05, 2021, 3:00 PM CDT
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is well-known for his saber-rattling, much of which is designed to distract Venezuelans from the severe economic crisis sweeping the country and the brutality of his autocratic regime. In recent weeks Venezuelan military and police have been conducting offensive operations in the southwestern state of Apure near the Colombian border. Aside from the humanitarian toll they are taking on the local civilian populace, they have sparked fears that Caracas is once again ramping up pressure on its perceived mortal enemy Colombia. Staunch regional U.S. ally Colombia, which sits at the entrance to South America from Central America, is pivotal to addressing the more than decade-long humanitarian and economic crisis which has engulfed neighboring Venezuela. Maduro and his predecessor Chavez, who on assuming the presidency in 199
The president s bosses | Part 3: Colombia s mafia colombiareports.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from colombiareports.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
December 15, 2020
Campaign financing and political favors have given organized crime groups almost unprecedented access to government, including the administration of President Ivan Duque.
Through corruption and infiltration, Colombia’s mafias have made themselves almost untouchable for law enforcement from Tumaco in southwest Colombia all the way to Washington DC.
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Marquitos Figueroa
The US Department of Justice (DOJ), for example, has yet to indict alleged drug lord Marquitos Figueroa despite his arrest in Brazil in 2014. In Colombia, the alleged mafia boss has seen all criminal charges go up in smoke except for one homicide.
Meanwhile, President Ivan Duque and his political party are in legal trouble over their ties to one of Figueroa’s late money launderers and the drug trafficking organization’s 2018 campaign support.