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American officials, though, have raised serious concerns for months about what they say is a spike in trafficking through Venezuela, which does not produce cocaine but is considered a major conduit country.

U.S. Revokes Visas for 3 Top-Ranking Venezuelan Officers Suspected of Drug Trafficking
By JUAN FORERO

BOGOTÁ, Colombia, Aug. 12 - The United States said on Friday that it had revoked the visas for three high-ranking Venezuelan military officers suspected of drug trafficking, prompting President Hugo Chávez's government to retaliate by promising to withdraw diplomatic immunity for American narcotics agents in Venezuela.

"For every attack, there will be a reaction; for every strike, a strike back; for every measure, a corresponding measure; and the revoking of visas will mean reciprocal action," Vice President José Vicente Rangel told reporters in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital.

The Drug Enforcement Administration, he added, "has functioned in Venezuela with diplomatic immunity because they operate as employees of the U.S. Embassy. That privilege is over."

The latest spat between the United States and Mr. Chávez's populist government began Sunday when Mr. Chávez suspended bilateral antidrug cooperation after accusing the D.E.A. of spying. The United States had previously complained that Venezuela was not doing enough to stop shipments of Colombian cocaine from going through Venezuela en route to the United States or Europe.