US EditionIn post-Maduro Venezuela, US eyes security chief as potential target, sources say
U.S. targets Maduro loyalists like Diosdado Cabello and Vladimir Padrino to secure cooperation with Interim President Delcy Rodriguez and stabilize Venezuela’s transition.
- On Jan 6 the Trump administration put Venezuela's interior minister Diosdado Cabello on notice as a potential top target unless he helps Interim President Delcy Rodriguez keep order after Maduro's removal.
- Following a classified CIA assessment, the administration embraces Maduro's aides to run Venezuela temporarily, aiming to restart access for U.S. oil companies and avoid deploying ground forces while demanding a crackdown on narcotics and expulsion of Cuban security personnel.
- Law enforcement and financial tools being considered include indictments and bounties—Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino is under indictment with a multimillion-dollar bounty—and seizing assets sheltered in Qatar.
- Targeting Cabello risks pro-government motorcycle groups, colectivos, taking to the streets, and their reaction may depend on protection from other Venezuelan officials, while U.S. officials and the Justice Department seek progress within weeks.
- Critics argue the intervention amounts to neocolonialism and a violation of international law, while the United Nations found SEBIN and DGCIM committed crimes against humanity under Maduro's government.
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