Justice Department indicts Venezuela President Maduro on drug trafficking charges, official says

[TomSea]

Justice Department indicts Venezuela President Maduro on drug trafficking charges, official says
By Del Quentin Wilber, Tracy Wilkinson

Nicolas Maduro, the president of Venezuela, has been indicted on U.S. federal drug-trafficking charges, a major escalation in the Trump administration’s campaign to force Maduro from power, according to a federal official briefed on the matter.

The charges will be announced at a news conference Thursday morning in Washington led by Atty. Gen. William Barr. Federal prosecutors are expected to allege that Venezuelan leaders took a major stake in the illicit drug trade in hopes of helping rebels in neighboring Colombia.

Read more at: https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-03-26/justice-department-indict-venezuela-president-nicolas-maduro-on-federal-drug-trafficking-charges

[TomSea]

All that said, they don't control most drug trafficking in the Western hemisphere, a step in the right direction though.

Department of Justice handed out the following this morning:


https://www.infobae.com/america/venezuela/2020/03/26/estados-unidos-sancionara-al-regimen-de-nicolas-maduro-por-sus-vinculos-con-el-narcoterrorismo-internacional/

[TomSea]

It really doesn't mean much to me, these things happen, still:

Francis Brennan (Text TRUMP to 88022)
@FrancisBrennan
"The United States indicts Venezuela’s Maduro on ‘narco-terrorism’ charges"

Also here is a picture of Joe Biden and Nicolas Maduro... https://washingtonpost.com ...

https://twitter.com/FrancisBrennan/status/1243203145389543424

Our heads-of-state meet some rough and shady characters.



See at the bottom, "Cartel de Soles (Suns)", I read something in the past on this, escapes me now.

More off of twitter:



https://twitter.com/search?q=%22Nicol%C3%A1s%20Maduro%22&src=trend_click

[mountaineer]

Sources say indicted Venezuelan drug cartel member is funding Spain’s ruling socialist party
April 1, 2020 by Alberto de la Cruz

Shocking but not surprising allegations that Spain’s socialist Podemos Party is being funded by drug cartel leaders in Venezuela’s socialist Maduro dictatorship.

Orlando Avedaño reports in PanAm Post:

    Spains Ruling Parties Gets Funding From Hugo Carvajal’s Drug Trafficking in Venezuela

    The PanAm Post has learned from two sources that money from drug trafficking operations coordinated by Carvajal has financed Spain’s Podemos Party, as well as Zapatero’s recent maneuvers in Venezuela

    On Thursday, March 26, Attorney General William Barr announced the U.S. government’s decision to file charges and seek rewards for several high-ranking officials of the Chavista regime, including Nicolás Maduro himself, his second in command, Diosdado Cabello, and former intelligence chief Hugo Carvajal. Carvajal is in Spain. He was arrested, and although there is a request for his extradition to the United States, he managed to escape last year and is currently on the run. Pedro Sánchez’s government knows where he is and is protecting him because of his relations with Spanish intelligence.   ...

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