Walid Makled
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Key Criminal Revelations From Former Venezuela Intelligence Chief
The former head of Venezuela’s military intelligence service has revealed some key details that confirm longstanding links between several officials in the regime...
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Venezuela Drug Trafficker Turned Informant Sentenced: Lightly
Notorious Venezuela drug trafficker Walid Makled has been sentenced to 14 years in prison but absolved of several crimes in what is a surprisingly lenient verdict...
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Venezuela Claims Capture of 94 Crime Bosses Since 2006
Venezuela's Interior and Justice Minister Nestor Reverol said that with the latest capture of a Colombian drug trafficker in Venezuelan territory, the country has...
Walid Makled
Once the most powerful civilian drug trafficker in Venezuela, Syrian-born Venezuelan citizen Walid Makled, otherwise known as El Turco or El Arabe, managed cocaine...
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5 Things to Watch Out for in Venezuelan Kingpin’s Trial
Venezuelan drug lord Walid Makled claims to have damning evidence of the military and government elite's ties to the drug trade. Three months in, his trial has...
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Trial of Venezuelan Kingpin Makled Begins Behind Closed Doors
The trial of Walid Makled, a drug kingpin who claims that he worked with Venezuela's political and military elite, has started in a closed courtroom in Caracas,...
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Colombia Extradites Makled to Venezuela
Colombia has extradited drug kingpin Walid Makled to face trial in his native country...
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Colombia to Extradite Makled on Weekend
Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin announced that Walid Makled's extradition to Venezuela would be completed by May 9, El Nacional reports. Makled's...
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InSight: Makled’s Window into Trafficking in Venezuela Closing
In the coming days, President Santos is expected to extradite alleged drug trafficker Walid Makled to Venezuela, instead of the U.S. With him not only goes...
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Video – Venezuelan Drug Tycoon Claims Links to Chavez Government
As it becomes more and more likely that Colombia will extradite drug kingpin Walid Makled to Venezuela instead of the U.S., Makled has stepped up his accusations of...
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Hugo Chavez: US Wants Makled to ‘Vomit’ Accusations
InSight Crime translates an excerpt from Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's weekly column, "Las Lineas de Chávez," in which Chavez speaks of Colombia's decision...
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One Piece of a Puzzle: the US Indictment of Makled
The curious case of Walid Makled Garcia, a Syrian-born Venezuelan citizen who is in a Colombian jail for drug trafficking, has many trails. InSight Crime gives you...