Diosdado Cabello confirms two mayors arrested and 5.4 tons of cocaine seized in operation in the south of the lake

Interior Minister, Justice and Peace, Diosdado Cabelloconfirmed on Friday the Detention of Zulian mayors Alberto Sobalvarro (Almirante Padilla) and Jorge Nava (Miranda), next to others Seven peopleas well as the confiscation DE 5.4 tons of cocainedismantling a «large drug trafficking network» in Zulia state.

The arrest of the burgomaestres occurred following the delteléphone confiscation of an Ecuadorian citizen, Luis Darin Mora Moreira, where they found links in a Drug trafficking, weapons and paramilitary training in the entity.

«We demonstrate what I was already investigating, The participation of local powers is a large drug trafficking network, arms trafficking and paramilitary training, ”said Cabello.

Together with the two mayors of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), they were also arrested Kelvis Manuel Aular Ramírez, Jorge Luis Deosco Sánchez, Yorman Jesús Pirela Espina, Jesús José Ferrer Nava, Jhon Jairo Cardona Reyez and doubting Andrei Agudelo Pérezall Jorge Nava cousins, and two of them are belonging to the Gedo «El Oso.»

Diosdado accused the mayor of Miranda de Operate directly with Oswaldo José Nava Chacín, aka «The Bear»and with José Alfredo Román Ferrer, aka «El Guasón», which are in search.

«These gentlemen who were chosen and are friends with bands, That is not here«, He rejected.

The minister reported that they were dismantled four shipyardsand too seized 27,200 liters of fuel, seven thousand liters of resin, 73 rolls of glass fiberglass, 140 galvanized sheets for the construction of boats, three submersible, two revolvers, 25 outboard engines, 17 cell phones, six GPS equipment (three of them of very high technology), two carbon monoxide detectors (for whom he operates to the submarine) Three Ecuadorian passports, a satellite communicator and more than 2,200 plastic containers of 200 liters.

Cabello reported that «At the moment the arrests of other linked people are being carried out », who protected the illegal activities of this group and gave them logistical support.

Besides, warned police officers and the judicial system that they have facilitated This smuggling network. «It is easy to get the blind, deaf and mute, There are officials that are inevitable that they have seen something«He commented.

«It cannot be that security agencies are supporting thisit cannot be that the justice system is supporting this type of activities, ”he said.

Cabello linked this operation with Colombian former presidents, Álvaro Uribe and Iván Duque. «Don’t be surprised if Uribe and Duke go crazy, This affects their finances«He said.

In the same way, he affirmed that the opposition leader, María Corina Machado, receives money from drug trafficking to finance your activities, and assured that «This is going to hurt, it will be terrible for your pocket and your ego.»