Criminology and Psychology

Daniel Barerra,aka The Madman.The Madman Barerra has become one of the two powerful drugs traffickers in the country, moving multi-ton shipments of cocaine every month. He has made alliances with the powerful Marxist rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc), which supply him with much of the coca base he processes into cocaine. Barerra is known to move through the eastern plains of Colombia and into Venezuela, where he often bases himself, out of reach of the Colombian security forces and the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela does not cooperate with the US anti-drug agencies and the Colombian drug lords like Barerra have taken advantage of this to not only turn Venezuela into one of the principal transit nations for cocaine bound for Europe, but to live there beyond the reach of Colombian and international law enforcement agencies. "We can categorically state that this seizure of 10 and a half tons of cocaine is a might...