New Zealand's source for World News on Stuff.co.nz: Venezuela arrests top Colombian drugs lord: "Venezuela arrests top Colombian drugs lord
13 February 2006
CARACAS: Venezuelan police have arrested Colombian-born Carlos Alonso Ojeda, high up on wanted lists in Colombia and the United States as one of Latin America's biggest drug lords, the Venezuelan government said.
Ojeda, sought by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration, was arrested last week in a commercial district in the east of Caracas, the interior and justice ministry said in a statement.
It said there were seven international arrest warrants issued for Ojeda, who is suspected of coordinating much of the drugs trafficking that goes through Venezuela.
Venezuelan authorities are studying extradition requests for Ojeda, it said.
Oil-rich Venezuela is a gateway for cocaine produced in neighbouring Colombia to markets in the United States and Europe."
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