CARACAS (Reuters) – An accused drug lord sitting in a high-security jail outside Bogota has become an unlikely symbol of friendship for Colombia and Venezuela whose rivalry for years mirrored Latin America’s deep ideological fissures.
Walid Makled, a Venezuelan also known as “The Turk”, is suspected of being one of the world’s biggest traffickers, helping ship tonnes of Colombian cocaine to the United States.
He boasts of a $1.2 billion fortune — and alleges
