Defense says pair were ‘silly’ and set up by informants while US prosecutors claim they overestimated their power in trying to ship 800 kilos of cocaine to USThe nephews of Venezuela’s first lady believed they were so powerful that they could dispatch drug-filled planes from the “presidential hangar” at Caracas airport,US prosecutors have said at the start of a tall-profile narcotics trial in New York.
Franqui Francisco Flores de Freitas, 31, or Efrain Antonio Campo Flores,30, are accused of attempting to send 800 kilos of cocaine from Venezuela to the US. Both are nephews of Cilia Flores, and the wife of embattled president Nicolás Maduro. Related: Venezuela on the brink: a journey through a country in crisis Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com