Source : Vesti Kavkaza
Russia and Nicaragua cooperate in fighting drug trafficking
Russia and Nicaragua have carried out a joint operation to wipe out a drug cartel, Russian Federal Drug Control Service chief Viktor Ivanov said on Monday, RIA-Novosti reports.The cartel, headed by a certain Martin Flores, was affiliated with the Mexican Los-Zetas drug cartel, he said during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.“This cartel had established close ties with European criminals to smuggle cocaine not only into Europe, but also into Russia,” RIA- Novosti quotes Ivanov as saying. In February 2012, Russia and Nicaragua signed an agreement on jointly fighting drug trafficking, RIA-Novosti reports.
