Ex judge to reveal to the US ties of Venezuelan gov't with drug trafficking
Former judge of the Criminal Chamber , Supreme Tribunal of Justice, Eladio Aponte is in the United States, in contact with the Drug Enforcement Administration, and will speak publicly on the links between members of the Venezuelan government with drug trafficking and corruption, a senior US official told AP on Wednesday.
The official said that the former Venezuelan judge will speak once some of his relatives have been relocated to protect their physical integrity.
Aponte, who has publicly said that he is in possession of evidence on the participation of members of the Venezuelan government in drug trafficking and other crimes, would be the highest-ranking former official in the country to share information with US authorities so far.
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In a television interview last month in Costa Rica, Aponte accused Venezuelan officials of having links to drug trafficking and described how he received phone calls from President Hugo Chávez related to legal cases, when Aponte was a military prosecutor, before he joined the top court.
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