{"id":140325,"date":"2021-04-06T14:35:06","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T19:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/?p=140325"},"modified":"2025-08-18T20:10:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T01:10:22","slug":"captura-narcotraficante-venezuela-vacio-poder-costa-norte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias\/captura-narcotraficante-venezuela-vacio-poder-costa-norte\/","title":{"rendered":"Captura de narcotraficante en Venezuela deja vac\u00edo de poder en la costa norte"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Los recientes cargos de narcotr\u00e1fico contra un presunto cabecilla venezolano generaron sorpresa dado que oper\u00f3 impunemente durante d\u00e9cadas en la costa norte del pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emilio Enrique Mart\u00ednez, alias \u00abChiche Smith\u00bb, ha sido acusado de tr\u00e1fico de drogas, lavado de dinero, abuso sexual de menores y asociaci\u00f3n criminal, seg\u00fan un tweet del 3 de abril del Fiscal General de Venezuela<\/a>, Tarek William Saab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VEA TAMBI\u00c9N:<\/span><\/strong> Noticias y perfil de Venezuela<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Mart\u00ednez, de 68 a\u00f1os, es presuntamente el l\u00edder del C\u00e1rtel de Paranagu\u00e1, una mafia del narcotr\u00e1fico nativa del estado de Falc\u00f3n, hogar de la pen\u00ednsula de Paraguan\u00e1 en la costa caribe\u00f1a.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Informes preliminares<\/a> sugieren que un informante alert\u00f3 a funcionarios de la unidad antidrogas de la Polic\u00eda Nacional Bolivariana (PNB) sobre la presencia de Mart\u00ednez en el estado de Anzo\u00e1tegui. Se hab\u00eda emitido una alerta roja por el arresto de Mart\u00ednez, y llevaba una identificaci\u00f3n falsa cuando la polic\u00eda lo detuvo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hace aproximadamente un a\u00f1o, polic\u00edas y militares venezolanos allanaron 20 propiedades <\/a>en Falc\u00f3n que presuntamente estaban conectadas con el C\u00e1rtel de Paraguan\u00e1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An\u00e1lisis de InSight Crime<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mart\u00ednez es el m\u00e1s poderoso y pol\u00edticamente conectado de los actores independientes que conforman el cartel de Paraguan\u00e1, lo que significa que su ausencia en la regi\u00f3n ser\u00e1 notoria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Durante a\u00f1os, ha ocultado sus supuestas actividades de narcotr\u00e1fico a trav\u00e9s de intereses pol\u00edticos y empresariales. Por ejemplo, ha cultivado el apoyo local a trav\u00e9s de su fundaci\u00f3n en su ciudad natal en Carirubana. Cuando las autoridades allanaron la fundaci\u00f3n el a\u00f1o pasado, los residentes<\/a> salieron a protestar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mart\u00ednez tambi\u00e9n ha mantenido v\u00ednculos con funcionarios locales en Falc\u00f3n, incluido el gobernador del estado, V\u00edctor Clark, seg\u00fan un informe de Primer Informe<\/a>. Tambi\u00e9n ha estado ligado a importantes figuras del r\u00e9gimen del presidente Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, seg\u00fan el mismo reportaje.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VEA TAMBI\u00c9N:<\/span><\/strong> Sospechoso naufragio en Venezuela revela ruta de droga al Caribe Holand\u00e9s<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

El poder que ejerci\u00f3 Mart\u00ednez plantea interrogantes sobre el impacto que su captura tendr\u00e1 en el Cartel de Paraguan\u00e1. Otros jugadores, que incluyen a los clanes familiares de Sim\u00f3n \u00c1lvarez<\/a> y Jos\u00e9 \u00c1ngel Cruz<\/a>, han sido marginados durante mucho tiempo. \u00c1lvarez<\/a> fue asesinado en 2014 y Cruz<\/a> fue arrestado en 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La captura de Mart\u00ednez podr\u00eda dejar un vac\u00edo en Falc\u00f3n, un importante foco de tr\u00e1fico. La proximidad de Falc\u00f3n a las naciones caribe\u00f1as holandesas de Aruba, Bonaire y Curazao, tambi\u00e9n conocidas como las Islas ABC, lo convierten en un punto de salida ideal para el tr\u00e1fico mar\u00edtimo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Las pistas de aterrizaje clandestinas tambi\u00e9n est\u00e1n dispersas por la parte occidental de Falc\u00f3n. Se dice que los aviones de la droga se lanzan desde all\u00ed<\/a> hacia Centroam\u00e9rica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Otros actores criminales en la regi\u00f3n que actualmente gozan de acercamientos con Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, como los rebeldes del Ej\u00e9rcito de Liberaci\u00f3n Nacional (ELN<\/a>) de Colombia, pueden buscar apoderarse del tr\u00e1fico en Falc\u00f3n. Pero Mart\u00ednez — que disfrut\u00f3 de a\u00f1os de poder indiscutible y conexiones de alto nivel — no ser\u00e1 f\u00e1cil de reemplazar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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