 In August 2015, two months prior to his arrest, Campo earned a law degree in Venezuela and had been living in an apartment with his then pregnant wife.On 10 November 2015, Campo and his cousin Francisco Flores de Freitas, were arrested by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration in Port-au-Prince, Haiti after attempting to transport 800 kilograms of cocaine into the United States.In recorded conversations with informants, Campo described himself as being "the one in charge" and promised that no law enforcement in Venezuela would hinder drug shipments as planes would "depart ... as if ... some from our family were on the plane".