Two other mayors of the Zulia state are arrested for alleged drug trafficking

Two other mayors of the Venezuelan State Zulia (west, border with Colombia) were arrested in the last hours for alleged drug trafficking, the head of Interior and Justice, Diosdado Cabello, reported on Saturday.

Through a statement, he pointed out that the mayors of the municipalities Jesús Enrique Lossada and Catatumbo, the Chavista Danilo Añez and the opponent Fernando Loaiza, respectively, in addition to the Director of Citizen Security of the Almirante Padilla municipality, Orangel Paz, were arrested as part of the actions against drug trafficking.

During the operation, carried out by police bodies together with the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), seven boats seized.

«The Venezuelan State reaffirms its commitment in the fight against narcoparamilitarism, the structured groups of organized crime and the criminal gangs that intend to use the homeland as a land for the development of illegal activities,» added Cabello.

These officials add to the mayors of Miranda and Almirante Padilla, Jorge Nava and Alberto Sobalvarro, respectively, and seven other people who were arrested during a «high impact» operation, in which they also seized 5.4 tons of cocaine of «very high purity,» the minister reported this Friday.

He also indicated that 27,200 liters of fuel, 7,000 liters of resin, 73 rolls of glass fibers, 140 galvanized sheets for the construction of boats, 3 submersible, 2 revolvers, 25 boat boats, 25 out -of -pleo engines, 17 mobile phones and 6 GPS equipment were seized.

Cabello said that «three logistics supply centers» and four shipyards were also dismantled, and said that this drug trafficking network «trained paramilitaries» to perform acts «against Venezuelan democracy.»

«We are not going to accompany any criminal, elected by who has been elected. If he was elected on the PSUV card (United Socialist Party) and is participating in these drug trafficking activities, he will pay, ”added hair at a press conference.

In January 2022, the Bolivarian National Police (PNB) arrested the then mayor of the Jesús María Semprún del Zulia municipality, the Chavist