NEW YORK: US agents have arrested two nephews of Venezuela's first lady for allegedly conspiring to smuggle 800 kilos (1,800 pounds) of cocaine into America, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

The arrests are likely to further exacerbate already tense relations between the United States and Venezuela, who have not kept ambassadors in their respective capitals since 2010.

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