They are looking for a Chavist soldier in Colombia who turns off the radars to send "narco flights" to Venezuela

A month ago, the Colombian authorities announced that they were looking for a Venezuelan guard officer, who would be the link of a criminal network that makes drug trafficking to United States, Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras. The new intelligence information has established that one of the strategies to avoid the controls is to turn off the radars to eliminate the & # 39;narco-flights& # 39; routes in your country.

The investigation opened in December 2016 has already resulted catch of seven people responsible for cocaine production in the region of Catatumbowho would be the suppliers of the Chavist army. These capos had hydrochloride treatment laboratories in the village of La Gabarra. Once manufactured, the narcotic was brought to Venezuela by land.

One of the main functions of the Venezuelan officer is turn off the radar on the border to allow Colombia's drug to pbad to your country; detailed The weather. There, the destination was a "hotel" (clandestine hangar) where he boarded the planes that were to transfer the cocaine to the aforementioned international destinations.

"The planes moved legally because they were drug-free, but when they entered Venezuela, the National Guard officer turned off the radars to get in and did the same when they are gone."said the national media prosecutor's office. Under this dynamic, the network has the capacity to carry more than 300 kilograms of cocaine in each shipment.

The accuser managed to document eight of these shipments, about five tons of cocaine and the complicity of the Venezuelan National Guard. The Office of the Prosecutor also managed to intercept communications when members of the network coordinated activities, and through which they confirmed that a military from the neighboring country, whom they call with the pseudonym of "Sun", is part of the criminal network.

In fact, in one of the calls that took place in October 2017 and which was recognized by The weather– One of the detainees identified as Julio César Echeverri Narváez, aka "Olafo", talks about the opening of a new road for the new aircraft they have acquired and says that it is a safe operation, "First clbad sun, with high military power", to which they pay 650 thousand dollars.

During the conversations, the Colombian authorities also obtained information on selective killings, specifically to thieves who apparently stole one of the captured in the house; about visiting foreign clients to those who provided them with private transportation, including a Mexican identified as Alberto Muñoz Delgadillo; and The wife of one of the arrested drug dealers stole thousands of dollars.