WILL SENIOR SAINT LUCIA GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, INCLUDING ITS PRIME MINISTER, BE NAMED AS FACILITATORS OF VENEZUELA'S MASSIVE COCAINE TRAFFICKING OPERATIONS, IN THE MADURO CASE?

                                            

There is speculation, in Caribbean media, that SAINT LUCIA, as well as its sitting Prime Minister, PHILIP PIERRE, will be ultimately identified in the cocaine trafficking case of former Venezuelan President NICOLAS MADURO MOROS, and others, after a specific allegation surfaced in the Superseding Indictment, regarding payments made for what was described as the "Caribbean Route."

The basis for the assertion is language that appears on page 9 of UNITED STATES vs. NICOLAS MADURO MOROS et al, Case No.: 11-CR-205 (SDNY), which has been attached to this article. Caribbean media has accused both the current and the former prime minister of Saint Lucia of allowing cocaine-laden aircraft, bound for the United States, to land at night at the country's international airport.

It is noteworthy to remember that the former premier of the British Virgin Islands, ANDREW FAHIE, now serving an eleven year sentence in the United States for facilitating drug trafficking and engaging in money laundering, is known to be cooperating with American law enforcement. Fahie has previously admitted that he has first-hand knowledge of criminal activities in support of cocaine trafficking, committed by other senior Caribbean government leaders. How many individuals has he implicated for receiving payments to assist the "Caribbean Route"?

Given the restrictions upon Discovery disclosure in Federal Court, we may not learn of the identities of the Caribbean officials until the trial. On the other hand, if another superseding indictment is handed down, naming Pierre and others, the truth will come out earlier.