Columbia top drug thug killed in Venezuela

AP:

One of Colombia's most-wanted drug lords has been found slain, Venezuela's top counter-drug official said Friday.

Fingerprints of the man who was found shot to death in the Venezuelan city of Merida on Wednesday matched those of Wilber Varela, said Col. Nestor Reverol, head of the National Anti-Drug Agency.

Varela, alias "Jabon," or "Soap," was Colombia's most notorious drug trafficker on the run. The underworld is awash with tales of his brutality that made him a household name in Colombia.

Colombia's police chief, Gen. Oscar Naranjo, reminded reporters that Varela, a former police officer himself, had entered the drug underworld as a hired killer.

"Wilber Varela in the last few years was truly the main leader of Colombian drug-trafficking organizations," Naranjo said in Bogota.

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The story does not explain why the top drug thug in Columbia was found dead in Venezuela, but there have been several recent reports suggesting that Venezuela has become one of the top transit points especially for shipments to Europe.

Under Chavez, Venezuela has become a sanctuary for Columbian dealers and for FARC rebels who also are drug dealers. Chavez has admitted to using cocaine derivatives on a regular basis.

Varela is tied to more than 1,000 deaths in Cali, Columbia.

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