Two nephews of Nicolás Maduro’s powerful wife accused of conspiring to smuggle cocaine into US in a slide likely to heighten tensions with WashingtonTwo nephews of Venezuela’s powerful first lady,Cilia Flores, have been arrested in Haiti on charges of conspiring to smuggle 800 kilograms of cocaine into the US, and two people familiar with the case said on Wednesday.
The incident is likely to heighten tensions between the US and Venezuela and cast a new search for at US accusations of drug trafficking at the highest levels of embattled President Nicolás Maduro’s socialist administration.
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Source: theguardian.com