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Efrain Antonio Campo Flores and Francisco Flores de Freitas were arrested by local authorities on November 10 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, reported The Wall Street Journal.
They were then turned over to US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents and flown to New York. Accused of conspiring to transport 800 kilograms of cocaine into the United States, they are scheduled to appear before a federal judge on November 12.
Campo Flores identified himself as Maduro's stepson, having been raised by his aunt and Maduro's wife, Cilia Flores.
Flores de Freitas reportedly said he also was a nephew of Cilia Flores.
According to the AP, both men were carrying diplomatic passports at the time of their arrest, but do not have diplomatic immunity.
In October, the two contacted a DEA confidential informant in Honduras to ask for help in trafficking drugs through the airport on the island of Roatan, and allegedly sent pilots to speak with an airport official about the scheme.
According to a person with knowledge of the matter cited by The Wall Street Journal, "It looked like amateur stuff."
As reported by Spain's ABC, this is not the first time sons of Flores and Maduro have been linked to drug trafficking.
Testimony by Leamsy Salazar -- the ex-head of security for former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and current National Assembly President Disodado Cabello -- accused Walter Jacob Gavidia Flores -- a son of Flores -- of using planes owned by Venezuela's national oil company (PdVSA) to transport drugs.
This was allegedly done in collaboration with Maduro's son, also called Nicolas.
Posted December 1 2023 at 6:25 PM
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