The alleged drug dealer Walid Makled Venezuela is in the hands of the Government of Hugo Chávez. Makled was arrested in August 2010 in the Colombian city of Cucuta and his extradition has been sought equally by the United States and Venezuela. At 42 years, was the third man wanted by the DEA Drug Enforcement Agency, accusing him of sending more than ten tons of cocaine a month to U.S.
territory. It has also been reported in Venezuela in order at least three murders and engaging in drug trafficking and money laundering. But her arrest sparked a storm after a complaint to civil and military officials of the Venezuelan government of being involved in illegal business in a few years made him one of the most successful entrepreneurs who has known the revolution.
The plane was carrying Makled from Bogota landed this afternoon at a military base in Caracas. Immediately, the alleged drug dealer, heavily guarded and wearing a bulletproof vest, was sent to the headquarters of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (Sebin). "In less than 24 hours will be made the order to the Venezuelan justice," said a couple of hours later the Deputy Minister of Prevention and Public Safety, Nestor Reverol, who added that Makled was under investigation since September 2004.
The official has promised a "fair and transparent process" against him. The Venezuelan government had waited for this moment since the day that Makled was captured in Cucuta, and renewed relations between the Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos and President Chávez made it true. The day after his arrest on August 20, 2010, the Supreme Court of Colombia, Venezuela requested the extradition of Makled and a week later, on 26, Venezuela's Foreign Ministry formalized the process.
Meanwhile, the United States Government did the same procedure on October 6 next. That was one of the arguments used by Santos to decide in favor of the Venezuelan Government on April 15 and settle the controversy which had for around nine months Makled moving to a new destination. One of the most wanted drug traffickers Makled Walid, known by the alias of Arabic and Turkish, is wanted in Venezuela for leading a mafia that dispatched cocaine to North America and the Caribbean via ports and airports in the country.
It is also linked to the murders of journalist Orel Sambrano, Larrazabal Francisco veterinarian and alleged drug trafficker Wilber Varela, alias Soap. Three of his brothers, Abdullah, Axel and Basel Makled-are also in prison from November 2008 seizure of almost 400 kilos of cocaine in a farm family.
What Makled argued in his defense is that he could not build the network by itself and without government assistance. Until late 2008, Walid Makled was known as one of the most prosperous and influential businessmen in the times of revolution. The modest family business selling appliances, founded by his father in the sixties, had already become Makled Group of Companies, which handled major public sector contracts ranging from packaging and transportation of fertilizers produced by a subsidiary of state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela, to the granting of storage companies in Puerto Cabello, one of the largest in the country.
"Of those companies most people eat high-level government, which received money from me monthly. Among all, like a million dollars ... governors, generals, admirals, ministers family. If I had the concession of the country's largest port, So I signed it at the highest government people.
If I am a drug dealer, then all those people who worked with me is a drug dealer, "Makled reported last October, one of the many interviews he gave to the Colombian media from the maximum security prison he was detained. Makled ensures possessing videos and documents that link more than 50 military and civilian officials from the Chavez government with business, and says that he is willing to surrender to a United States attorney.
"Thank God I managed to get all documents in a safe that I had. I have deposits, account numbers ... everything. (...) With the corruption of drug trafficking in Venezuela, with everything I have in my hands, I show the American government and they can intervene in Venezuela, "said Makled.
The Venezuelan government has described allegations of Makled as part of a smear campaign. Meanwhile, opposition MPs in the National Assembly have requested that the trial will take place in Venezuela against Makled is public. 
territory. It has also been reported in Venezuela in order at least three murders and engaging in drug trafficking and money laundering. But her arrest sparked a storm after a complaint to civil and military officials of the Venezuelan government of being involved in illegal business in a few years made him one of the most successful entrepreneurs who has known the revolution.
The plane was carrying Makled from Bogota landed this afternoon at a military base in Caracas. Immediately, the alleged drug dealer, heavily guarded and wearing a bulletproof vest, was sent to the headquarters of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (Sebin). "In less than 24 hours will be made the order to the Venezuelan justice," said a couple of hours later the Deputy Minister of Prevention and Public Safety, Nestor Reverol, who added that Makled was under investigation since September 2004.
The official has promised a "fair and transparent process" against him. The Venezuelan government had waited for this moment since the day that Makled was captured in Cucuta, and renewed relations between the Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos and President Chávez made it true. The day after his arrest on August 20, 2010, the Supreme Court of Colombia, Venezuela requested the extradition of Makled and a week later, on 26, Venezuela's Foreign Ministry formalized the process.
Meanwhile, the United States Government did the same procedure on October 6 next. That was one of the arguments used by Santos to decide in favor of the Venezuelan Government on April 15 and settle the controversy which had for around nine months Makled moving to a new destination. One of the most wanted drug traffickers Makled Walid, known by the alias of Arabic and Turkish, is wanted in Venezuela for leading a mafia that dispatched cocaine to North America and the Caribbean via ports and airports in the country.
It is also linked to the murders of journalist Orel Sambrano, Larrazabal Francisco veterinarian and alleged drug trafficker Wilber Varela, alias Soap. Three of his brothers, Abdullah, Axel and Basel Makled-are also in prison from November 2008 seizure of almost 400 kilos of cocaine in a farm family.
What Makled argued in his defense is that he could not build the network by itself and without government assistance. Until late 2008, Walid Makled was known as one of the most prosperous and influential businessmen in the times of revolution. The modest family business selling appliances, founded by his father in the sixties, had already become Makled Group of Companies, which handled major public sector contracts ranging from packaging and transportation of fertilizers produced by a subsidiary of state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela, to the granting of storage companies in Puerto Cabello, one of the largest in the country.
"Of those companies most people eat high-level government, which received money from me monthly. Among all, like a million dollars ... governors, generals, admirals, ministers family. If I had the concession of the country's largest port, So I signed it at the highest government people.
If I am a drug dealer, then all those people who worked with me is a drug dealer, "Makled reported last October, one of the many interviews he gave to the Colombian media from the maximum security prison he was detained. Makled ensures possessing videos and documents that link more than 50 military and civilian officials from the Chavez government with business, and says that he is willing to surrender to a United States attorney.
"Thank God I managed to get all documents in a safe that I had. I have deposits, account numbers ... everything. (...) With the corruption of drug trafficking in Venezuela, with everything I have in my hands, I show the American government and they can intervene in Venezuela, "said Makled.
The Venezuelan government has described allegations of Makled as part of a smear campaign. Meanwhile, opposition MPs in the National Assembly have requested that the trial will take place in Venezuela against Makled is public.
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