Venezuelan in coma in Cancun ... ecstasy drug-ring uncovered ... CICPC agents arrested stealing cocaine
<a href=www.vheadline.com>Venezuela's Electronic News Posted: Thursday, May 22, 2003 By: Patrick J. O'Donoghue
A Venezuelan citizen is in a state of comma in Cancun, Mexico after several phials of heroin she had swallowed burst inside her stomach. Miriam Gonzalez de Gonzalez (39) is said to have been carrying 44 phials totaling a little more than half a kilo. The local police did not say how Gonzalez de Gonzalez reached Mexico and circumstances relating to her capture.
Aragua 5th Control Court Judge Zomalia Gutierrez has ordered the preventive arrest of Venezuelan lawyer, Felix Acuna for alleged complicity in drug-trafficking activities and obtaining illegal benefits at the cost of public administration.
The same judge has already ordered the arrest of Maracay Police Detective Branch (CICPC) Anti-Drugs Division chief, Alexander Herrera and agent, Francis Medina for their alleged role in exchanging 4.5 kilos of cocaine seized in a raid for maize bread powder.
The State Prosecutor had requested the arrests of Maracay CICPC laboratory chief, Roger Vidal Rios and agents: Valmore Andrade and Julio Ortega but the judge did not find enough evidence to warrant the arrest. Lawyer Felix Acuna had to be interned in a clinic after suffering a heart attack.
The National Guard (GN) Anti-Drugs Command says it has uncovered an ecstasy cartel operating in Venezuela. GN General Jose Antonio Paez Cabrera says the investigation started on May 16 when agents stationed at Caracas (Simon Bolivar) international airport at Maiquetia seized 593 tablets sent to the States via Venezuela's postal service (Ipostel).
"We didn't catch anyone and have mounted an operation ... last week the same person sent another packet containing the tablets to Michigan."
The US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has joined the search for the narco-trafficking gang.