Venezuela‘s Narco-Terrorism

<![CDATA[The successful extraction and arrest of the United States’ federally, and criminally indicted Venezuela’s dictator, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, six months after the United States designated Cartel de los Soles, as Specially Designated Global Terrorist, naming Nicolas Maduro and high-ranking members of his regime in providing “material support to foreign terrorist organizations threatening the peace and security of the United States.” The designation named Tren de Aragua and the Sinaloa Cartel as foreign terrorist groups. Colombian narco-terrorist groups were mentioned, but there was no mention of Iran’s proxy Hezbollah, which found a haven in Venezuela, following Hugo Chavez’s 2001 visit to Iran.]]>