Adolfo Ramírez Torres

Adolfo Ramírez Torres is a Venezuelan politician. He was appointed Governor of the Federal District of Venezuela by President Jaime Lusinchi in the early 1980s[1][2] and was later Deputy Interior Minister.[2] In June 1991 he was arrested on charges of drug trafficking,[2] and in 1998 he was convicted and sentenced to ten years in prison.[3]

References

  1. David J. Myers, Henry A. Dietz (2002), Capital city politics in Latin America: democratization and empowerment, Lynne Rienner Publishers, p113
  2. 1 2 3 "Colombian Drug Cartels Push Into Venezuela". The New York Times. 1 September 1991.
  3. Alain Labrousse, Laurent Laniel, Alan A. Block (2002), The world geopolitics of drugs, 1998/1999, Springer. p219


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