All the bad actors in one extradition. @MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinion lth

Oct 29, 2021, 01:39 AM

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Photo:  The nephews of President Nicolás Maduro, Efraín Antonio Campo Flores and Francisco Flores de Freitas, after their arrest by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration on 10 November 2015.


All the bad actors in one extradition.  @MaryAnastasiaOG  @WSJOpinion lth

https://www.wsj.com/articles/who-funds-violent-latin-american-politics-venezuela-maduro-11635104102

Crime in Venezuela is widespread, with violent crimes such as murder and kidnapping increasing annually. In 2014, the United Nations attributed crime to the poor political and economic environment in the country—which, at the time, had the second highest murder rate in the world.  Rates of crime rapidly began to increase during the presidency of Hugo Chávez due to the institutional instability of his Bolivarian government, underfunding of police resources, and severe inequality.  Chávez's government sought a cultural hegemony by promoting class conflict and social fragmentation, which in turn encouraged "criminal gangs to kill, kidnap, rob and extort".[6] Upon Chávez's death in 2013, Venezuela was ranked the most insecure nation in the world by Gallup