Media Monarchy: venezuela criticizes dea as 'new cartel'

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

venezuela criticizes dea as 'new cartel'

from ap/yahoo: Venezuela on Monday said it will not allow U.S. agents to carry out counter-drug operations in the country, accusing the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration of being a "new cartel" that aids traffickers.

Justice Minister Pedro Carreno said the South American nation suspended cooperation with the agency in 2005 after determining that "they were moving a large amount of drugs." President Hugo Chavez at the time also accused the DEA of spying.

"The United States with its DEA monopolizes the shipping of drugs like a cartel," Carreno told reporters. "We determined that we were evidently in the presence of a new cartel." He did not elaborate.

cryptogon says "I don’t know about new..." and, on a related note...
check out 'who is the american connection?'

1 comment:

krizla said...: lol, this Guy Pat is chill ... it's like just burned one :); Wednesday, May 09, 2007 6:32:00 AM

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