Father José Núñez of the Parroquia Domingo Savio said that many police agents stationed in the slum areas of La Ciénaga, Los Guandules, 27 de Febrero and Agua Dulce are accomplices of drug traffickers operating at points there. He said that the people in the area do not denounce the drug traffickers for fear of reprisals. He denounced that the police agents give protection to the drug vendors.