 Since about 2006, Vargas had been involved in a romantic relationship with Colombian actress and beauty queen, Liliana Lozano.Spanish police arrested Vargas in Madrid in July 2006 on charges of trafficking of cocaine, which had been discovered in a container in the port of Valencia in eastern Spain.At the time of his arrest, Vargas was in possession of a forged Venezuelan passport and was planning to travel to Germany for the final game of the World Cup Finals.