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Venezuela embassy linked to drugs

A news photographer walks on July 27, 2012 near the main entrance the Venezuelan embassy residence in a Nairobi suburb. Venezuela's acting ambassador, Olga Fonseca, was found strangled at her Nairobi home, Kenyan police said. Photo/AFP

What you need to know:

  • The country’s Foreign ministry officials use diplomatic pouches to smuggle cocaine into Kenya, claim bloggers

Venezuelan ambassador to Kenya was strangled after she stumbled upon a cocaine smuggling ring, newspapers and bloggers claim.

Ambassador Olga Fonseca, who was murdered only a few days after taking office, is alleged to have discovered that officials were smuggling drugs in diplomatic pouches from Caracas, the Venezuelan capital.