Russia and Nicaragua cooperate in fighting drug trafficking

Russia and Nicaragua have carried out a joint operation to wipe out a
drug cartel, Russian Federal Drug Control Service chief Viktor Ivanov
said on Monday, RIA-Novosti reports.

The cartel, headed by a certain Martin Flores, was affiliated with
the Mexican Los-Zetas drug cartel, he said during a meeting with
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“This cartel had established close ties with European criminals to
smuggle cocaine not only into Europe, but also into Russia,”
RIA-Novosti quotes Ivanov as saying.

In February 2012, Russia and Nicaragua signed an agreement on jointly
fighting drug trafficking, RIA-Novosti reports.