Venezuela's First Lady's Nephews

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Two nephews of Cilia Flores, the First Lady of Venezuela, were properly convicted of conspiracy to import cocaine, the Second Circuit <a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/nephews.pdf"><strong>ruled</strong></a>. The two were seeking to raise $20 million in drug proceeds to fund their aunt’s 2015 campaign for a place in the Venezuelan National Assembly, according to the ruling. </span>

MANHATTAN – Two nephews of Cilia Flores, the first lady of Venezuela, were properly convicted of conspiracy to import cocaine, the Second Circuit ruled . The two were seeking to raise $20 million in drug proceeds to fund their aunt’s 2015 campaign for a place in the Venezuelan National Assembly, according to the ruling.

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