SPINWATCH-Chávez expects arrest warranthttp://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/22/1645582/chavez-expects-arrest-warrant.html

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said the U.S. government could be preparing an arrest warrant against him and some of his collaborators in a money-laundering case being processed at a federal court in Miami. Citing the name of the federal judge overseeing the process, Joan Lenard, and other facts about the case, Chávez warned at a cabinet meeting Thursday night that it shouldn't surprise anyone if she issues a warrant for his arrest. 

``Don't be surprised if it's released tomorrow that Chávez is the one laundering money and, therefore, Judge Lenard is ordering his arrest,'' he said, adding that warrants may also be issued to arrest vice president Elías Jaua and the minister of Planning and Finance, Jorge Giordiani.``This is a high-level operation, which is why I am alerting the people!'' Chávez warned in the meeting, broadcast on state television station Venezolana de Televisión.

Juan Diego Berrío, Miami attorney of the Venezuelan businesswoman Alba Villalobos, who has been charged in the operation, told El Nuevo Herald that he has no knowledge that Chávez or any of his collaborators have been linked to the alleged operation.``I don't know anything about that,'' Berrío said. ``We're waiting for all the evidence.''

``Do not be surprised that an aggression is in the works here against the Venezuelan government to charge me and who knows how many other ministers of trafficking and money laundering instead of the real culprits,'' he said.

comment-first this is interesting because one,the mainstream media pundits will run with this even without any evidence...secondly i went to the venezuelan state television  and seen no such comments made by chavez ,but if we assume he did  its not a a problem,what is however,is the fact the judge behind it is the same judge wich has jailed the cuban 5,from the international known case where the us gov and this judge jailed innocent cubans it claimed were spies  for cuba,initially they were given life sentences by the rightwing judge(in miami!!!)

then the sentence was reversed and they received lighter sentences wich proves the us gov knew they were not a threat nor did they have any evidence these ppl traded or sent any information back to cuba..see...The U.S. administration was forced to recognize that we did not endanger national security http://www.freethefive.org/legalFront/LFRamonFernandoRe120809.htm

The Cuban Five: A Starkly Controversial Case that Obama Cannot Ignore http://www.coha.org/the-cuban-five-a-starkly-controversial-case-that-obama-cannot-ignore/    Moreover, despite the increasing silhouette in international law allowing for a person to be tried in a location different from that in which a crime was allegedly committed, federal district judge Joan A. Lenard, known for her right-wing proclivities, refused to grant a change of venue from Miami, even though this would have advanced the prospects of fair trial. 

also concerning this case of ring of venezuelans laundeirng money for over awek now venezuela has demanded us gov release and make public the findings...see...Venezuela to meet US officials to chew cud over over money-laundering data http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=92202  The government believes that the parallel market is being used to finance an aggression against Venezuela and the recent arrest of Venezuelans in the USA accused of money-laundering would seem to justify concerns.President Chavez pointed to a news item in a Colombian newspaper about a clandestine factory that was discovered printing false dollars and Venezuelan bolivar notes.(this is the otehr case chavez is referring to se right below)

Chavez says counterfeit Venezuelan bills constitute 'economic war' http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/sports/9826-counterfeit-venezuelan-bills-constitute-economic-war-chavez.html  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Thursday that the 2,968,650 (almost $700,000) worth of conterfeit Bolivares Fuertes seized in a DAS raid in Bogota, is evidence of "a great economic war against Venezuela

."Chavez said the counterfeit money operation was part of an attack against him and Venezuela's national currency by capitalism. During the DAS raid, $1,929,000 in counterfeit dollar bills were also seized and two people were arrested. They are now in the custody of Colombia's Prosecutor General.In the last 17 months the Anti Money Falsifaction Investigation Group has seized $21.5 million in false dollars - more than five times the amount seized in 2008 - and more than 4.5 million worth of Bolivares Fuertes.

(and this is the case in us)...Fourteen Venezuelans jailed in US for money laundering http://english.eluniversal.com/2010/05/19/en_eco_esp_fourteen-venezuelans_19A3893331.shtml  US authorities produced "bulky" evidence against 16 people accused of alleged conspiracy to launder money from drug trafficking through Venezuela's foreign exchange swap market.So far, 15 out of the 16 defendants have been arrested in South Florida

now look at how venezuela has been corresponding since it itself uncovered that colombian authorities discovered colombia ring with ef venezuelans who were counterfitting boliviarian money in colombia ...Crackdown on Illegal Currency Market Continues in Venezuela http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/5377

what we can gather from this is that this was predicted befroe it even happened Obama Authorizes Covert Economic War Against Venezuela http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=17072

well wait to see what develops ,we already know that the judge behind it is a arightwinger famously known for arresting 5 innocent cubans ina case thats already been proven to be political in nature in efforts to descredit cuba,and secondly that this too looks politically motivated...