🚨🇺🇸🇻🇪 DOJ REVISES CLAIM THAT MADURO RAN A DRUG CARTEL
The U.S. Justice Department has updated its indictment against Maduro, no longer alleging he led a formal cartel known as Cartel de los Soles.
Instead, the revised filing describes the term as referring to a broader… pic.twitter.com/A7CDUNcYE
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🚨🇺🇸🇻🇪 DOJ REVISES CLAIM THAT MADURO RAN A DRUG CARTEL
The U.S. Justice Department has updated its indictment against Maduro, no longer alleging he led a formal cartel known as Cartel de los Soles.
Instead, the revised filing describes the term as referring to a broader “culture of corruption and patronage” tied to drug trafficking within Venezuela’s military and government instead of an organized, centralized cartel under Maduro’s command.
This is a major shift from previous U.S. government claims, widely echoed by officials during the Trump administration, that treated Cartel de los Soles as a real criminal organization with Maduro at the top.
Prosecutors are still accusing him of drug-related crimes, but the narrative has clearly changed.
This softening of language could have implications for U.S.-Venezuela policy, and raises questions about how major legal claims shape foreign relations, even when later revised.
Source: NYT via @clashreport