US EditionIs the US Targeting a Venezuelan Cartel that May Not Technically Exist? | News Channel 3-12
The U.S. labels Cartel de los Soles a foreign terrorist organization involved in drug trafficking and regional violence, a move seen as a step toward stronger actions against Maduro’s government.
- This past week, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Cartel de los Soles will be designated a terrorist organisation, as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on Venezuela, while critics warn it could justify military action, a possibility President Donald Trump referenced on Sunday.
- The name emerged in the 1990s, according to InsightCrime, and refers to disconnected military-linked cells involved in trafficking rather than a single cartel.
- U.S. forces are positioning significant assets nearby, including crews of some 75 aircraft and 5,000 troops, while reporting cites drug shipments via Orinoco River routes and flights from Apure involving Venezuelan military personnel and government officials.
- Legally, an FTO designation allows the U.S. State Department foreign terrorist organization designation to freeze assets, bar material support, and block entry, though critics note it precedes military action as President Donald Trump suggested on Sunday.
- Legal experts and former officials warn some U.S. terrorist designations target profit-driven groups, while Brian Finucane, former State Department lawyer, says the move risks justifying regime change by 'inventing a fact pattern'.
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Does the Cartel of the Suns Exist? Here's What We Know About a Key Player in the Us-Venezuela Crisis
The U.S. State Department announced on Sunday that it will designate the Cartel de los Soles as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). A new step by President Donald Trump’s government, in the midst of what it claims to be a campaign to end narcoterrorism in Latin America. The designation will take effect on November 24 and joins a series of measures undertaken since August that include a U.S. military deployment in the Caribbean and the Pacifi…
The U.S. president calls the Cartel de los Soles a foreign terrorist organization, an exaggerated statement that could hide more belligerent purposes.
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Trump Says US May Start Negotiations With Maduro’s Venezuela, as State Department Moves To Designate the Cartel of the Suns as a Foreign Terrorist Organization
Trump is set to bring order and prosperity to the western hemisphere.Peace or war: what will unfold in the Caribbean?With a massive US military deployment in the Caribbean, the Donald J. Trump administration has unveiled two opposed initiatives related to the socialist ‘Bolivarian’ Republic of Venezuela.On the one hand, President Trump has announced that the path of negotiations with Venezuela may still be open.At the same time, State Secretary …
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