Venezuelan prosecutor Tarek William Saab accuses Venezuelan Yoel Palmar, arrested on 11 December 2017 in Bogotá, Colombia, of being the head of the Cartel del Malecon that transported drugs from Colombia to the Dominican Republic connecting through Venezuela.
As reported in El Dia, Saab said that Palmar is the alleged owner of the Casino Malecón Palace in the Malecón Center in Santo Domingo. Saab said that Palmar is a very dangerous man who was protected by his predecessor Luisa Ortega and her team. He said Palmar is known as the biggest capo handling the traffic of drugs from Venezuela to the Dominican Republic. He is also the first capo captured since the arrest of Hermágoras González, the head of the La Guajira cartel in Venezuela in 2008. Colombian authorities say he was a resident of Bogotá.
An EFE news release published in Diario Libre reported that Venezuela has requested the extradition of Palmar from Colombia.
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El Dia
Diario Libre
20 December 2017
