NEW YORK — An indictment was unsealed today in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging Major General Nestor Luis Reverol Torres, the former General Director of Venezuela’s La Oficina Nacional Antidrogas (ONA) and commander of Venezuela’s National Guard until a few weeks ago, and Edylberto Jose Molina Molina, the former Sub-Director of ONA and currently Venezuela’s military attaché to Germany, with participating in an international cocaine distribution conspiracy.

The indictment was returned under seal by a federal grand jury in Brooklyn, New York, on January 21, 2015, and relates to Reverol’s and Molina’s alleged activities from January 2008 to December 2010, when they served as the top officials for ONA, Venezuela’s government agency charged with combating narcotics trafficking.

The indictment was announced by Robert L. Capers, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York; James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), New York Division; and Angel Melendez, Special Agent-in-Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), New York.

Nestor Reverol Torres, 51, the former head of the country’s National Anti-Drugs Office (ONA) and former head of the National Guard border police, was indicted on Monday afternoon.

He was charged alongside Edylberto Molina Molina, 53, former sub-director of the ONA, currently serving as Venezuala’s military attache to Germany.

The pair are accused of assisting cocaine traffickers with importing their goods into the United States.

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