Venezuela drug don extradited

Venezuela has extradited alleged Colombian drug baron, Carlos Alberto Renteria, to the US after his arrest in the Venezuelan capital last week.



Renteria, who allegedly headed Colombia's Norte del Valle drug cartel, was handed over to US officials at Caracas airport.



US authorities have accused him of smuggling hundreds of tonnes of cocaine to the United States in the 1990s.



Two other suspected drug traffickers were also extradited.



Carlos Alberto Ojeda and Luis Frank Tello were handed over to Drug Enforcement Administration officials in an operation shown live on state television.



Renteria, also known as Beto, had been on a US government most-wanted list since 2004 with a reported $5 million reward offered for his capture.



The US government said he was responsible for smuggling about 500 tonnes of cocaine into the US via Mexico during the 1990s.