For those who follow U.S.-Cuba policy and the many unforced errors made by previous administrations, the Biden administration exchanging criminals for U.S. hostages in Venezuela bring back some bad memories. In exchange for the release of American hostages held by the Castro dictatorship, Obama turned over members of the Cuban WASP network of spies imprisoned
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The trial of Carlos Orense Azocar, the accused Venezuelan drug lord extradited to New York last year, is set to begin next Monday, with U.S. officials charging the businessman of partnering with leftist guerrillas and high-ranking officials of the Nicolas Maduro regime to export up to one ton of cocaine a week.
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Not many in Venezuela know his name, but those who do don’t like talking about him openly. He is Pedro Luis Martín Olivares, a former intelligence officer accused by witnesses and alleged victims of running a kidnapping and extortion racket for years. Operating out of a secluded penthouse in a luxury Caracas hotel, he is now believed to run one of the main branches of the Cartel of the Suns drug organization, in partnership with high-ranking Venezuelan officials.