 Campo (second from left) and Flores (third from right) following their arrest. | |
| Date | 10 November 2015 |
|---|---|
| Location | Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| Suspects | Efraín Antonio Campo Flores, Francisco Flores, Roberto de Jesus Soto Garcia and others. |
The Narcosobrinos affair (Spanish for drug-nephews) is the situation of events that surrounded two nephews of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores who were arrested for narcotics trafficking. The nephews, Efraín Antonio Campo Flores and Francisco Flores de Freitas, were arrested on 10 November 2015 by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration in Port-au-Prince, Haiti after attempting to transport 800 kilograms of cocaine into the United States.[1][2] A year later on 18 November 2016, the two nephews were found guilty, with the cash allegedly destined to "help their family stay in power".[3] On 14 December 2017, the two were sentenced to 18 years of imprisonment.[4]
In October 2022 Campos and Flores were released and sent to Venezuela as a prisoner swap reached with United States in exchange of five Venezuelan-American directors of the oil refinery corporation CITGO (part of the Citgo Six) imprisoned in Venezuela.[5]
- ^ Kay Guerrero and Claudia Dominguez (12 November 2015). "U.S. agents arrest members of Venezuelan President's family in Haiti". CNN.
- ^ Bharara, Preet (22 July 2016). United States of America v. Efraín Antonio Campo Flores, and Franqui Francisco Flores de Freitas, S2 15 Cr. 765 (PAC). New York, New York: United States District Court Southern District of New York. pp. 1–78.
- ^ Raymond, Nate (19 November 2016). "Venezuelan first lady's nephews convicted in U.S. drug trial". Reuters. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^ "Nephews of Venezuela's first lady sentenced to prison for cocaine plot". The Guardian. 14 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ BBC (October 2022). "US frees President Maduro's relatives in Venezuela prisoner swap". BBC News.