"Crazy" Barrera's right-hand woman captured in Venezuela

Two people involved in the case of Colombian drug lord Daniel Barrera were captured on Thursday in Venezuela.

According to a press release issued by Venezuela's Attorney General Office, on Thursday they brought Colombian Edgar Mauricio Bello and Venezuelan Sarah Carolina Penso Hernández (28) to the Sixth Crime Control Court in San Cristobal, Táchira state (southwest Venezuela). They are allegedly involved in Daniel Barrera's criminal activities. Penso Hernández, also known as "Rocío," is apparently Barrera's right-hand woman.

Additionally, national prosecutors 54 and 74 with jurisdiction on matters related to capital legitimization, and financial and economic offenses, Nelly Sánchez and Ana Hernández, respectively, will bring Colombian Luis Edinson Flores (34) and Marta Lucía Franco Aguilar (38), both arrested on Wednesday in Portuguesa state, central-western Venezuela, to a crime control court in Portuguesa state.

Colombian drug baron Daniel Barrera, also known as "Loco (Crazy)" Barrera, was arrested on Tuesday in Táchira state. He had been living in Venezuela since 2008.

The US requests extradition

"United States authorities are officially requesting the extradition of captured drug lord Crazy' Barrera," said on Thursday Colombia's National Police Director José Roberto León Riaño when he informed about the arrest of two more people in Venezuela, AFP reported.

Barrera would face charges in three US courts, two in New York and one in Florida. He is considered the head of an organization that shipped hundreds of tons of cocaine to the US and Europe.

Translated by Andreína Trujillo