A subject identified as Carlos Cordero was arrested in Zulia for allegedly being the leader of a money laundering network from drug trafficking.
The information was aired on the social networks of the Special Operations Group (Goes), attached to the Ministry of the Interior, Justice and Peace. “The subject used blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies to introduce large sums of money into the Venezuelan exchange market, generating economic distortions,” says the Goes report, adding that high-end vehicles and electronic devices were seized from the subject.
Since August 2024, the Minister of the Interior, Justice and Peace, Diosdado Cabello, has been reporting on a criminal structure operating in Zulia involved in drug trafficking, conspiracy and corruption.
The alleged members of this structure include operators of the justice system, who were arrested in December 2024, including the senior prosecutor of Zulia, José Gregorio Rondón Muñoz; the president of the Criminal Judicial Circuit of the entity, Pedro Velasco; as well as judges Maurelys Vílchez Prieto and Maryorie Eglee Plaza Hernández.
Replacing the detained senior prosecutor, Nerifer Nazareth Peña Corona was sworn into that position, who was also removed in July 2025. The removal of Peña Corona occurs two days after the Public Ministry reported that it processed (and agreed upon) an arrest warrant against the eighth prosecutor of Zulia, Mariangelis Araque Díaz, accused of allegedly having requested 10 thousand dollars from a prisoner to favor him in his criminal process, as stated. aired Últimas Noticias on Saturday, July 12, 2025.
In another procedure, Cicpc-La Guaira agents arrested Rafael Agustín Hernández Jiménez (56), who is wanted for the crime of fraud. Hernández’s arrest took place in the Urimare parish, La Guaira state, according to the report published on Instagram by the Cicpc.
After being detained, Hernández was verified in the Police Investigation and Information System (Siipol), which showed that he is requested by the 27th Control Court of the Metropolitan Area of Caracas for fraud.
