Venezuela detains American wanted in U.S.

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Wednesday, 05.06.09
Venezuela detains American wanted in U.S.
Associated Press

CARACAS -- Venezuelan authorities say they have detained a man with dual Cuban-American citizenship wanted in the United States on suspicion of money laundering related to drug trafficking.

Judicial police chief Wilmer Flores said Luis Giro was captured in the central Venezuelan city of Valencia. He did not say when the man was detained.

Flores said the 47-year-old will be deported to the United States. He says Giro is wanted by U.S. authorities for suspected money laundering and bank fraud.

Flores said Tuesday that a police investigation shows Giro has been in Venezuela for a year.

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Venezuela to deport alleged US drug trafficker
Country

The government of Venezuela is making arrangements to deport to the United States an alleged Cuban-US drug trafficker, who was wanted by Interpol and whose detention was announced on Tuesday by the head of the Scientific and Criminal Investigation Force (Cicpc).

"We captured a citizen with a "red-notice status" (in Interpol). He is wanted by the United States for the crimes of money laundering, banking and financial fraud. All these crimes are related to drug trafficking," Wilmer Flores, the head of the Cicpc said, as reported AFP.

Flores said at a press conference that Luis Giro, 47, was arrested in the Venezuelan city of Valencia, where the alleged drug-trafficker lived for a year.

The Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs is making the necessary arrangements with the government of the United States to deport the detainee.

http://english.eluniversal.com/2009/05/05/en_pol_art_venezuela-to-deport_05A2317285.shtml
opposition newspaper