cartel of the suns
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The United States justified the Maduro arrest as a law enforcement action intended to take down the leader of a powerful criminal organization. But US officials have offered evolving and sometimes contradictory descriptions of the so-called cartel that Maduro allegedly headed… Read this article in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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Two nephews of Venezuela’s first lady have been found guilty of drug crimes in a US federal court, with several pieces of evidence presented during the trial pointing to complicity in the drug trade by high-level figures in the Venezuelan government… This piece was co-written with Tristan Clavel. Read it in its entirety at InSight…
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At least two witnesses in a politically-charged drug case involving relatives of Venezuela‘s president have reportedly been murdered, raising questions about whether the so-called “narco nephews” were part of a larger trafficking operation… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
Mike LaSusa 