Spanish newspaper ABCreported today that Diosdado Cabello’s chief of security, Leamsy Salazar, has  left Venezuela and is currently in Washington, D.C. Citing anonymous sources, the article claims that Salazar has spoken to officials at the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), and has accused Cabello of heading a drug cartel.

Cabello is the current vice-president of the PSUV, president of the National Assembly, and the second most powerful man in the country after Maduro.

According to the article published today, Salazar was Cabello’s head of security until last month, when he fled Venezuela to the United States under a protecting agreement. It is alleged that Salazar brought evidence into the United States that implicates Cabello as having a leadership role in the Cartel de los Soles, a little-known Venezuelan drug cartel.

The article claims that Salazar personally heard Cabello give orders to launch boats loaded with cocaine from the Venezuelan coast.

The article…