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U.S. Prosecutors To Accuse Maduro Of Selling Diplomatic Passports To Mexican Cartels: Report
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U.S. Prosecutors To Accuse Maduro Of Selling Diplomatic Passports To Mexican Cartels: Report
U.S. prosecutors are set to accuse Venezuela's former President, Nicolas Maduro, of selling diplomatic passports to Mexican cartels, which they would later use in cocaine smuggling operations, according to a new report.
The trial that the deposed dictator of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, is facing in the United States, sparks the alarms in Mexican politics. In the indictment filed by the Department of Justice before the District Court of the South of New York, there are 14 mentions of the Sinaloa cartel and 13 of the Los Zetas cartel, two of the most fearsome criminal organizations in Mexico for their levels of brutality. According to the Mexican daily 'Reforma', …
Nicolás Maduro and his close circle would have transformed diplomatic passports into a product highly coveted by Mexican drug traffickers. According to the prosecution of the Southern District of New York, Venezuelan officials sold these documents to members of the Sinaloa Cartel and Los Zetas, which allowed drug traffickers to move between countries without raising suspicion. This activity was part of a broader network of institutional corrupti…
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