Venezuela captures politician wanted in Colombia

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Venezuela captures politician wanted in Colombia
4 hours ago

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan authorities have captured a former Colombian senator wanted on charges of conspiring with paramilitaries to kidnap a reputed political rival.

The former politician Alvaro Araujo Noguera was detained by Venezuela's National Guard while in a vehicle in the western city of Maracaibo, Colombian Ambassador Fernando Marin told Venezuela's state news agency.

The 75-year-old, also a former agriculture minister and state governor, was brought to Caracas after his capture on Thursday, and officials were making preparations for him to be returned to Colombia, Marin told the state-run Bolivarian News Agency.

The former political boss faces charges stemming from a 2002 kidnapping involving outlawed right-wing paramilitary fighters.


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[provis99]

1. let me get this straight...

The guy is a right wing politician involved with vicious right wing death squads, wanted in Columbia, and he chooses to hide out in Chavez's Venezuela?

The logic of the right wing always escapes me.