Miss Venezuela hopeful questioned for drug lord role Gabriela Alexandra Fernandez Ocando, 26, was one of five detained over allegations of money laundering and conspiracy with Daniel "El Loco" Barrera, who was arrested in September. The beauty queen was being held by the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service in Venezuela while prosecutors investigate claims she made hotel bookings for the drug trafficker in her name. In a statement from Venezuela's Public Ministry, prosecutors said the five arrested were allegedly "partners" of Barrera and helped him avoid arrest. "Importantly, these people served as partners of Daniel Barrera and allegedly transported him from place to place nationally, making hotel reservations in their names, so the drug dealer could evade authorities," the statement said. The model, who was arrested with two men and two women, was named Miss Zulia in 2008 and represented the north-west Venezuelan state in the national beauty pageant in the same year. She also posed for Playboy magazine in April 2010. Barrera was caught in Venezuela after a joint international operation by the CIA, MI6 and the Colombian authorities. His criminal gang was said to be responsible for trafficking 900 tons of cocaine to the US and Europe. Barrera was also believed to have links to FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) rebels and paramilitaries organisations. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos described his capture as the most important in recent times.