Cartel of the Suns

Retired GNB captain Vassyly Kotosky Villarroel Ramirez

Brief

Venezuela Arrests Ex-National Guard Officers for Drug Trafficking

by Venezuela Investigative Unit 22 Jul 201524 Apr 2023

Colonel Romulo German Cardona

Colonel Accuses Presidents of Venezuela and Bolivia of Smuggling Cocaine

by Venezuela Investigative Unit 18 May 201524 Apr 2023

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Venezuela Investigates Jet Plane Drug Bust in Dominican Republic

by Venezuela Investigative Unit 1 Apr 201524 Apr 2023

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Top Venezuela Govt Official Accused of Drug Trafficking

by Venezuela Investigative Unit 27 Jan 201524 Apr 2023

Map of Transparency International's 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index

Brief

Venezuela Considered LatAm’s Most Corrupt: Report

by David Gagne 3 Dec 201424 Apr 2023

Cocaine discovered on Air France flight

Brief

No Top National Guard Officials Will Stand Trial in Venezuela’s Air France Cocaine Bust

by Marguerite Cawley 15 Oct 201424 Apr 2023

The Caracas International Airport

Brief

‘Venezuela Never Reported Cocaine Haul in Jet Plane’

by Elyssa Pachico 15 Sep 201424 Apr 2023

Carvajal is received by President Nicolas Maduro

Brief

Release of Ex-Intelligence Chief Highlights Venezuela Official Impunity

by Kyra Gurney 28 Jul 201424 Apr 2023

Hugo Armando Carvajal Barrios

Brief

Ex-Intelligence Chief Arrest Shows Venezuela Military Org Crime Ties

by Marguerite Cawley 25 Jul 201424 Apr 2023

Police in Italy with the recovered drugs

Brief

Italy Cocaine Bust Another Case of Venezuela Military Complicity

by Charles Parkinson 20 Mar 201424 Apr 2023

Henry Rangel Silva while he was serving as a top general

Venezuela: Where the Traffickers Wear Military Uniforms

by José Luis Pardo and Alejandra S. Inzunza 9 Nov 201324 Apr 2023

Each suitcase held 40kg of cocaine

How Venezuela’s Military Tried to Fly A Ton of Cocaine to France

by Miriam Wells 21 Oct 201324 Apr 2023

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