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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-11 02:55 PM
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Venezuela arrests Colombian drug lord 'Valenciano' .
Venezuela arrests Colombian drug lord 'Valenciano' .
Monday, 28 November 2011 08:57
Tim Hinchliffe

Venezuelan officials have captured Colombian crime boss Maximiliano Bonilla, alias "Valenciano," reported Colombian media Monday.

The leader of the warring drug trafficking organization "Oficina de Envigado" was arrested in the city of Maracay, some 80 miles from the capital Caracas.

According to newspaper El Tiempo, Colombian intelligence officials worked together with Venezuelan police to arrest the crime boss.

The Oficina de Envigado, founded by the legendary Pablo Escobar, split into two factions after the 2008 extradition of "Don Berna," who ran the Medellin-based organization after Escobar's death.

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http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/20721-venezuela-arrests-colombian-drug-lord-valenciano-la-fm.html
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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-11 03:19 PM
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1. Venezuela captures top Colombian drug lord
Venezuela captures top Colombian drug lord
Tuesday, 29 November 2011 00:21

CARACAS: Venezuela has captured a major Colombian drug lord known as "El Valenciano," Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos said here Monday during a visit with President Hugo Chavez.

Santos thanked Chavez for the arrest in Venezuela Sunday of Maximiliano Bonilla Orozco, saying it showed the benefits of security cooperation between the two countries.

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He was also highly sought by the United States, which put a $5 million reward on his head.

The US State Department alleges that Bonilla Orozco had been linked to the trafficking of several tons of cocaine from Colombia to the United States and the transport of more than $25 million from the United States to Mexico, and had extensive dealings with Mexico's brutal Zetas drug cartel.

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http://www.brecorder.com/world/south-america/36878-venezuela-captures-top-colombian-drug-lord-.html
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