Colombia's narcos put Elliott Abrams in checkmate, again

by Adriaan Alsema September 23, 2019

The United States’ Special Representative for Venezuela, Elliot Abrams, is in trouble again over a scandal similar to the Iran-Contra Affair, this time in Colombia.

While the evidence of the use of drug traffickers in the US-sponsored attempt to oust Venezuela’s disputed President Nicolas Maduro is only just surfacing, Abrams name is beginning to pop up a lot.

One incident in particular is drawing the attention; the failed attempt to force “humanitarian aid” from Brazil and Colombia into Venezuela on February 23, the day that Guaido’s 30-day term as self-declared interim president would come to an end.

The last-minute operation was led by the opposition leader, promoted and sponsored by the administration of US President Donald Trump, and coordinated with Colombia’s President Ivan Duque and drug trafficking organization Los Rastrojos.

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The arrest of Los Rastrojos member “Nandito” in Venezuela earlier this month changed everything and put Abrams in the worst position since 1991 when he admitted he had lied to Congress about his subordinates’ cocaine trafficking, selling weapons to Iran to by weapons for death squads in central America.

On Nandito’s phone, Venezuelan prosecutors found photos of Guaido posing with four subordinates of regional Los Rastrojos ringleader “Necocli” in front of Zambrano’s car, indicating that also Abrams latest Latin American adventure involved narcos.

More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombia-and-the-rastrojos/