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| Two Nephews of Cilia Flores, Venezuelan first lady, got arrested due to drugs case by DEA last year in Haiti. Source: http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/520/cpsprodpb/92D1/production/_92558573_mediaitem92558412.jpg |
Based on an article with the same
title posted by BBC on November 25, 2016
Last year, two men who are Venezuela’s first
lady’s nephews were caught by undercover agents from the US Drug Enforcement
Agency (DEA). They are Efrain Antonio Campos Flores and Franqui Francisco
Flores de Freitas, and they have been accused of sending drugs to Honduras and
the US through Venezuelan airport’s presidential hangar. They are considered having
used the privilege of being the first lady’s relatives.
Reacting to the issue, President Maduro boldly
stated that the US simply wanted to counter his wife, Cilia Flores, who is a
prominent politician taking part in Venezuela’s National Assembly as the
speaker from 2006 until 2011 by creating allegations against his wife’s
nephews. In the court, the lawyer of the prime suspects argued against the US
prosecutors by stating that the case was based on such a dubious informant,
Jose Santos-Pena, that the deal to testify given to him was cancelled in the
court. Indeed, the relations between Venezuela and the US have been on edge for
years, and this matter will make it worse.
This issue has been complicated because it is
involving two different countries which have been in quite bad relations.
However, I think that people love making things overrated and causing a lot of
troubles. To overcome the problem, people actually have to be open-minded with
every unexpected situation, and they should not be swayed easily by social
status or political reputation. If Cilia Flores’ nephews are proved guilty in
the US court, let them get the punishment based on their crime and the US’ law.
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