Venezuela says Colombia to deport US-wanted drug lord

CARACAS, (Reuters) – President Hugo Chavez’s  government said yesterday its neighbour Colombia would deport a  Venezuelan drug lord to his homeland “within hours” in a snub  to a U.S. extradition request.

Walid Makled, 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.

After his arrest last year in Colombia, both