CARACAS, Monday August 25, 2008 | Update
Four South Americans -one Venezuelan and three Colombians,
fled Guinea-Bissau, where they had recently let out on probation
after their arrest by mid July for alleged traffic of 500
kilograms of cocaine, reported on Monday the Attorney General
Office.
"The Venezuelan pilot and the three Colombians managed to
leave the country, surely with somebody else as accomplice,"
said public prosecutor Luis Manuel Cabral, who did not specify
the day and time or the circumstances of the rush out, AFP
reported.
The aircraft coming from Venezuela was seized on July 12
in Bissau after landing without clearance, loaded with 515
kilograms of cocaine. The cargo vanished afterwards.
05:09 PM. Economy. If any country has cashed in on the Bolivarian revolution, that is Brazil, particularly the private companies of the southern neighbor. Over the past five years, it has been awarded contracts for works to be carried out in Venezuela for over USD 14 billion. This puts it as the first recipient of government-to-government contracts, that is, without bidding, since Hugo Chávez took office.