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From: World-Check

Prominent Antonini scandal figure Walter Alexander del Nogal was reportedly released from an Italian jail, where he was being held without bond on charges of trafficking narcotics to the Mafia, under unusual circumstances that suggest it occurred as the result of the corrupt influence of either a sovereign government, or organised crime, or both. The existence of pending escape charges against him in Switzerland, where he fled whilst serving a sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering, and a detainer reportedly lodged by the United States, should absolutely bar his release as a matter of law. Although he contacted Venezuelan media to advise of his release, strangely no Italian journalist has seen him in person as a free man, nor was any court order authorising his pre-trial release published, though it has been reported that a magistrate permitted his release. How can an individual charged with criminal dealings with the Mafia by a court simply walk out of jail unless he has help at the highest level of government? And was the Venezuelan government involved? A senior official of the Italian government reportedly met in Caracas with President Chavez and other high-level Venezuelan officials, and del Nogal's release occurred immediately thereafter.