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Venezuela Confirms Death
of Colombian Drug Lord
The death of Colombian
drug trafficker Wilber
Varela in Venezuela was
confirmed on Friday by
the Venezuela's National
Anti Drugs
Organization's director
Nestor Luis Reverol.
"It has been reliably
determined that he is
drug trafficker Wilber
Varela. Thirty-two
coinciding
characteristics have
been verified," said
Reverol.
On Wednesday, a person
was found shot to death
with seven bullet holes
in a beach resort hut of
Lomas de Los Angeles
sector in Venezuelan
city of Merida, and his
fingerprints, among
other characteristics,
matched those of Wilber
Varela, said Reverol.
Varela, alias "Jabona"
(Soap), was one of
Colombia's most
notorious drug
trafficker on the run
and was sought by the
U.S. Drug Enforcement
Agency. He was allegedly
one of the main chiefs
of the Norte del Valle
drug cartel.
The United States
accuses this illicit
drug trafficking
organization of being
responsible for 70
percent of the cocaine
sent from Colombia to
the United States and
had offered a five
million-U.S. dollar
reward for capturing
Varela
Colombian media had
announced on Thursday
the death of Varela and
his bodyguard. Reverol
said that Varela's
corpse will be formally
handed over to Colombian
officials.
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