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US Piles on the Pressure Against Venezuela’s El Aissami
The United States has charged Tareck El Aissami, one of the most powerful men in Venezuela, and five of his collaborators for violating sanctions imposed in 2017 for alleged drug trafficking imposed, showing Washington is piling on the pressure against Caracas' highest-ranking...
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Cartel of the Suns
The term "Cartel of the Suns" (Cartel de los Soles) is used to describe shadowy groups inside Venezuela's military that traffic cocaine. It is in some ways a misleading term, as it creates the impression that there is a hierarchical group, made up primarily of military officials, that sets the price of cocaine inside the country. There are cells within the main branches of the military -- the...
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Venezuela Criminal Structures Bolster Maduro in Second Term
The swearing in of Nicolás Maduro for a second presidential term demonstrates just how deeply entrenched organized crime structures are in Venezuela’s...
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Venezuela, the New Regional Crime Hub
Venezuela has become a regional crime hub, with profound consequences for Latin America and beyond. And with another Nicolás Maduro term, the roots of organized...
Drug Trafficking Within the Venezuelan Regime: The ‘Cartel of the Suns’
In Latin America, criminal entrepreneurs in the form of cartels, have traditionally run drug trafficking. In Venezuela, it is managed from within government,...
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US Mulls Sanctions Against Venezuela’s Diosdado Cabello
The United States government could impose sanctions on the second most powerful person in Venezuela, according to a diplomat at the U.S. embassy in the country....
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The Eight Criminal Armies Supporting Venezuela’s Maduro Administration
The editor of one of Venezuela’s most important media organizations denounced that a combination of security forces and groups linked to organized crime have...
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US Sanctions on Venezuela President Promise Zero Impact, Experts Say
The rare move by the United States to place economic sanctions on Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro will do little to reduce criminality within his regime and...
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New US Sanctions Hit Top Venezuela Officials With Criminal Ties
The latest round of sanctions by the United States against high-ranking Venezuelan officials claim to punish human rights abuses, but several of these powerful...
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Venezuela Pilot’s Extradition Could Lead to Cartel of the Suns Revelations
Colombia has extradited a Venezuelan former army captain with ties to the administration of President Nicolás Maduro to face drug trafficking charges in the United...
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Could Dissent in Venezuela Military, Judiciary Crack Maduro’s Criminal Regime?
Cracks have appeared in Venezuela's increasingly criminal regime. Dissidence has set in within the military, which is propping up the flailing government, and a key...
