Cilia Flores, the longtime partner of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, was taken to the United States as part of a covert operation and has been implicated for years in serious drug trafficking allegations. ❄️
🇻🇪A former bodyguard testified against her in 2020, placing her at the center of an international narcotics network.
👇🏻Flores played a pivotal role in Venezuela’s political history. As a lawyer, she secured Hugo Chávez’s release from prison in 1994 following his failed coup.
She later helped him win the presidency in 1998, served as attorney general between 2012 and 2013, and went on to become a member of the National Constituent Assembly and first lady.
According to US authorities, potential charges against Flores are linked to testimony from her former bodyguard, Yasenksi Antonio Lamas.
He alleged that Flores shielded her nephews, who were convicted in the United States and sentenced to 18 years in prison for attempting to traffic 800 kilograms of cocaine in 2017. Cilia Flores, the longtime partner of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, was taken to the United States as part of a covert operation and has been implicated for years in serious drug trafficking allegations. ❄️
🇻🇪A former bodyguard testified against her in 2020, placing her at the center of an international narcotics network.
👇🏻Flores played a pivotal role in Venezuela’s political history. As a lawyer, she secured Hugo Chávez’s release from prison in 1994 following his failed coup.
She later helped him win the presidency in 1998, served as attorney general between 2012 and 2013, and went on to become a member of the National Constituent Assembly and first lady.
According to US authorities, potential charges against Flores are linked to testimony from her former bodyguard, Yasenksi Antonio Lamas.
He alleged that Flores shielded her nephews, who were convicted in the United States and sentenced to 18 years in prison for attempting to traffic 800 kilograms of cocaine in 2017.
🇻🇪A former bodyguard testified against her in 2020, placing her at the center of an international narcotics network.
👇🏻Flores played a pivotal role in Venezuela’s political history. As a lawyer, she secured Hugo Chávez’s release from prison in 1994 following his failed coup.
She later helped him win the presidency in 1998, served as attorney general between 2012 and 2013, and went on to become a member of the National Constituent Assembly and first lady.
According to US authorities, potential charges against Flores are linked to testimony from her former bodyguard, Yasenksi Antonio Lamas.
He alleged that Flores shielded her nephews, who were convicted in the United States and sentenced to 18 years in prison for attempting to traffic 800 kilograms of cocaine in 2017. Cilia Flores, the longtime partner of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, was taken to the United States as part of a covert operation and has been implicated for years in serious drug trafficking allegations. ❄️
🇻🇪A former bodyguard testified against her in 2020, placing her at the center of an international narcotics network.
👇🏻Flores played a pivotal role in Venezuela’s political history. As a lawyer, she secured Hugo Chávez’s release from prison in 1994 following his failed coup.
She later helped him win the presidency in 1998, served as attorney general between 2012 and 2013, and went on to become a member of the National Constituent Assembly and first lady.
According to US authorities, potential charges against Flores are linked to testimony from her former bodyguard, Yasenksi Antonio Lamas.
He alleged that Flores shielded her nephews, who were convicted in the United States and sentenced to 18 years in prison for attempting to traffic 800 kilograms of cocaine in 2017.