Venezuelan Prosecutors Say Opened Probe Into Guaido Alleged Links to Colombian Drug Cartel

The Venezuelan Prosecutor General’s Office opened an investigation into suspected links between opposition leader Juan Guaido and the Colombian drug cartel of Los Rastrojos, Prosecutor General Tarek William Saab said.

“After receiving strong evidence of Juan Guaido’s links to the Los Rastrojos drug cartel that was published within recent hours, the Prosecutor General’s Office announces a decision to open a criminal investigation,” Saab declared on Friday, quoted by a tweet from the Prosecutor General’s Office.

The prosecutor general cited photos published by the Spanish newspaper El Pais which show Guaido together with the leaders of Los Rastrojos. The photos were reportedly made in February. According to Saab, it was the drug cartel that helped Guaido to cross the Colombian-Venezuelan border despite the entry ban imposed on the opposition leader by Caracas.

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