Venezuela's Diosdado Cabello Sues WSJ Over Cocaine Allegations
- Lawsuit filed in Manhattan court accuses paper of libel
- Cabello demands jury trial; says he suffered economic damage
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Diosdado Cabello, a kingpin of Venezuela’s socialist government, is suing the Wall Street Journal for libel after the paper reported last year that he was being investigated for turning the country into a cocaine and money laundering hub.
The former president of Venezuela’s national assembly and high ranking member of President Nicolas Maduro’s government filed the lawsuit Thursday in Manhattan federal court against Dow Jones & Company, Inc, and its parent News Corp. Cabello demanded a jury trial and said the story, published on May 18, 2015, contained false and defamatory allegations.