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Venezuela: government tries to silence information on Air France drug haul

The BBC reported it as "Police at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport have seized 1.3 tonnes of pure cocaine on board an Air France flight from Venezuela, French officials say." For Venezuela observers this is nothing new. What's surprising about it, is how Venezuela's "CSIRT" is trying to block information about those believed to be responsible. See below.

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In case it gets lost in the process, here's the article of contention in full (to the language impaired, please use Google translate):

Generales de la Guardia Nacional responsables del envío de cocaína a Francia

Una situación extrema de caos es la que se vive actualmente en las fuerzas armadas producto del escándalo “Air France” y la tonelada de cocaína incautada. Hay mucho nerviosismo ya que están involucrados altos oficiales ligados al gobierno y se rumorea que el propio Nicolas Maduro estaría al tanto de todos los detalles.

Según pudimos conocer por una fuente que pidió ser no identificada, el ‘capo’ y responsable del negocio seria el General de Brigada (GN) Jose Eliecer Pinto Gutierrez.

Pinto Gutierrez, estaría presuntamente vinculado a Hermagoras Gonzalez, uno de los jefes del cartel de la guajira y preso por legitimación de capitales y narcotrafico.

La crisis actual se debe a que esta operación ocurrió con el pleno conocimiento del Mayor General Justo Noguera Pietri (actual comandante general de la Guardia Nacional) y en complicidad con el Gral Antonio Benavides Torres (Comandante del CORE-5) quien fue el que dio la orden al TCnel. Ernesto Mora Carvajal (Destacamento 53) de no revisar las maletas.

Mora Carvajal habría sido detenido y conoce todos los detalles de la operación, lo que tiene nervioso a mas de uno, incluyendo a  su primo,  Hugo “El Pollo” Carvajal y al jefe de este, Alex del Nogal.

Del Nogal es quien ‘negocia’ con los militares el transporte de la droga a París, pero el destino final era Napoles, donde el jefe de la policía (y primo de Wilmer Ruperti) estaría recibiéndola y supervisando la entrega final.

Reprinted from DolarToday.