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Maduro Appoints Experienced General to Combat Drug Traffickers

  • The experienced top military official will be in charge of so-called people's liberation operations, which form part of the government's efforts to combat criminal gangs in Venezuela.

    The experienced top military official will be in charge of so-called people's liberation operations, which form part of the government's efforts to combat criminal gangs in Venezuela. | Photo: AVN

Published 3 August 2016
Opinion

The new minister was recently accused by the U.S. State Department of having ties to drug traffickers. Venezuela fired back with his new appointment.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has appointed Major General Nestor Reverol as the new head of the Ministry of Interior, Justice and Peace.

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The appointment came after the U.S. State Department charged Reverol and other top Venezuelan officials with “participating in an international cocaine distribution conspiracy” from January 2008 to December 2010.

Maduro has rejected the accusations, saying that Washington wants to make Reverol to pay for all the drug traffickers he has captured. "What a coincidence that there are no drug kingpins in the United States," said Maduro, adding that Venezuela has captured dozens of drug traffickers.

The experienced top military general will be in charge of so-called people's liberation operations, which form part of the government's efforts to combat criminal gangs Venezuela.

Reverol had previously occupied this post during the administration of former President Hugo Chavez until his new appointment he was the General Director of Venezuela’s office against drugs or ONA.

The socialist leader also appointed two new ministers in the portfolios of Industry and Commerce and Transport and Public Works.

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Venezuela's president has repeatedly said he is willing to have good relations with Washington and has called the U.S. government to adopt a more constructive position toward his country. However, there hasn't been a positive response.

Meanwhile, tensions between the two countries have heightened, with Venezuelan political authorities accusing the U.S. government of trying to undermine the democratically elected government.

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