Political Campaign Going Sour? Finance It with Cocaine!

[Dravyk]

Brazilian candidate caught with big cocaine haul

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2005-12-06T144141Z_01_DIT652886_RTRIDST_0_OUKOE-UK-CRIME-BRAZIL.XML

SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) - A would-be Brazilian mayor was in custody on Tuesday for international drug trafficking on charges of importing 500 kilograms (1,100 lbs) of cocaine on a plane that took off from Colombia, federal police in Brasilia said.

Misilvan Chavier dos Santos denied police claims that he planned to use money from drug sales to finance a pending bid for political office.

Chavier dos Santos ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Tupiratins in Tocantins state in 2004 and for state congress in 2002. His next campaign had also been showing signs of trouble.

Oh, but it gets "better".

Chavier dos Santos was expelled from the centrist Social Democracy Party last week after he used a motorcycle to flee from another plane loaded with cocaine just as federal police arrived at a clandestine airstrip.

[Sin]

Isn't that the same country though where their president is considering legalizing the growing of coca which has the US all up in arms?

[Dravyk]

Originally Posted by Sin

Isn't that the same country though where their president is considering legalizing the growing of coca which has the US all up in arms?

I could be wrong, but I believe that's Venezuela.

[el pres]

Originally Posted by Dravyk

I could be wrong, but I believe that's Venezuela.

Yep you are, it's Bolivia.

[Dravyk]

Originally Posted by el pres

Yep you are, it's Bolivia.

Rats!!

"Alex, I'll take 'Coke-Producing South American Countries' for $400."