Un ex alto funcionario antidrogas de Venezuela ha arremetido contra la corrupci\u00f3n en el pa\u00eds y lo ha tildado como el \u201cprimer\u201d traficante de droga en Latinoam\u00e9rica, resaltando la profundidad de las conexiones entre el crimen organizado y las instituciones del Estado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
En declaraciones a El Universal<\/a>, el ex presidente de la Comisi\u00f3n Nacional Antidrogas, Bayardo Ram\u00edrez, critic\u00f3 la falta de una pol\u00edtica clara para librar al pa\u00eds del tr\u00e1fico, que dijo que estaba profundamente arraigado en ciertos sectores corruptos del gobierno.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Destacando la impunidad que rodea el flujo de drogas hacia el pa\u00eds desde Bolivia, Ecuador y Colombia, y hacia fuera a Centroam\u00e9rica, el Caribe y \u00c1frica, Ram\u00edrez declar\u00f3 que s\u00f3lo un cambio de r\u00e9gimen podr\u00eda abordar eficazmente el problema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Las afirmaciones se produjeron el mismo d\u00eda en el que El Nacional public\u00f3 una entrevista<\/a> con Hern\u00e1n Matute, director de la C\u00e1tedra Libre Antidrogas (CLIAD), en la que tilda al pa\u00eds como \u201cel m\u00e1s corrupto\u201d en Latinoam\u00e9rica y cuestion\u00f3 el hecho de que Guardia Nacional Bolivariana (GNB) del pa\u00eds podr\u00eda quedar a cargo de la investigaci\u00f3n sobre el env\u00edo de 1,3 toneladas de coca\u00edna descubiertas recientemente<\/a> en Francia, por las que los oficiales de la GNB ya han sido detenidos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Las acusaciones de corrupci\u00f3n end\u00e9mica y la profunda participaci\u00f3n oficial en el narcotr\u00e1fico en Venezuela no son sorprendentes. Como punto de partida para las drogas con destino tanto a Estados Unidos como a Europa, la corrupci\u00f3n permea las fuerzas de seguridad hasta los m\u00e1s altos niveles. El llamado \u201cCartel de los Soles\u201d es el nombre colectivo relacionado a las diversas c\u00e9lulas corruptas dentro de las fuerzas de seguridad que facilitan el flujo del tr\u00e1fico a trav\u00e9s de las fronteras del pa\u00eds, puertos y aeropuertos, y que probablemente tuvieron algo que ver con el caso del vuelo de Air France. El hecho de que el vuelo partiera de un aeropuerto bajo el estricto control de la GNB s\u00f3lo hace hincapi\u00e9 en el grado en el que la complicidad del narcotr\u00e1fico est\u00e1 incrustado en las fuerzas de seguridad, y la decisi\u00f3n de permitir que la GNB supervise la investigaci\u00f3n parece, en el mejor de los casos, equivocada y, en el peor, corrupta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n VEA TAMBI\u00c9N:<\/strong> Perfil del Cartel de los Soles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Las drogas no son el \u00fanico inter\u00e9s il\u00edcito de los funcionarios venezolanos corruptos. El contrabando es abundante en las regiones fronterizas, especialmente el contrabando de combustible. El combustible barato y subsidiado se lleva al otro lado de la frontera hacia Colombia<\/a>, o se env\u00eda en buques con destino a Centroam\u00e9rica<\/a>, y este comercio ilegal tambi\u00e9n depende de la complicidad de las autoridades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Un ex alto funcionario antidrogas de Venezuela ha arremetido contra la corrupci\u00f3n en el pa\u00eds y lo ha tildado como el \u00abprimer\u00bb traficante de droga en Latinoam\u00e9rica, resaltando la profundidad de las conexiones entre el crimen organizado y las instituciones del Estado.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":72475,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_newspack_byline_active":false,"_newspack_byline":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[334],"tags":[447,400],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[3847],"class_list":["post-5953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias-del-dia","tag-elites-y-crimen-organizado","tag-venezuela-pais","entry"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias\/noticias-del-dia\/venezuela-traficante-no1-en-latinoamerica-oficial-antidrogas\/","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Venezuela traficante No.1 en Latinoam\u00e9rica: Oficial antidrogas","url":"http:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias\/noticias-del-dia\/venezuela-traficante-no1-en-latinoamerica-oficial-antidrogas\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias\/noticias-del-dia\/venezuela-traficante-no1-en-latinoamerica-oficial-antidrogas\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/en-caf58c0e4f95e9ab568068a468840767.jpg?resize=150%2C150&quality=100&ssl=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/en-caf58c0e4f95e9ab568068a468840767.jpg?fit=323%2C195&quality=100&ssl=1"},"articleSection":"Noticias del d\u00eda","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charles Parkinson"}],"creator":["Charles Parkinson"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"InSight Crime","logo":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/logo.png"},"keywords":["\u00e9lites y crimen","venezuela"],"dateCreated":"2017-03-27T23:56:20Z","datePublished":"2017-03-27T23:56:20Z","dateModified":"2023-04-24T20:33:41Z"},"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/insightcrime.org\/p.js"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":338389,"url":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/investigaciones\/por-que-cocaina-sigue-fluyendo-por-caribe-una-guia-visual\/","url_meta":{"origin":5953,"position":0},"title":"Por qu\u00e9 la coca\u00edna sigue fluyendo por el Caribe: una gu\u00eda visual","author":"Alex Papadovassilakis","date":"7 de abril de 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"El Caribe ha sido durante mucho tiempo un punto clave en el comercio global de drogas, actuando como punto de tr\u00e1nsito para la coca\u00edna suramericana destinada a consumidores en Europa y Estados Unidos. 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