Jul 10, 2008
Story Timeline: 93 days
Quico says: Caracas Chronicles has obtained exclusive reports of an imminent face-to-face meeting between Venezuelan Pres. Hugo Chávez and the head of one of Colombia's most notorious criminal organizations.After an exhaustive investigation, Caracas Chronicles can now confirm that the Venezuelan government is holding contacts at the very highest levels with a Colombian criminal who has strong links to paramilitary death squads, leads a major drug trafficking operation and has been linked to neo-Nazi movements in the region.Our sources in Caracas can confirm that Chávez's Colombian interlocutor has actively conspired to prevent FARC from releasing hostages in the past. He is, moreover, determined to prevent any further hostage releases in the future because, our source says, he does not want peace in Colombia and lacks even...
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