Thursday, March 26, 2020

Seriously?

The Trump administration is ramping up its pressure campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by releasing a criminal indictment charging him with drug trafficking and by posting a $15 million reward for his capture.

The indictment, returned by a grand jury in New York, accuses Maduro of conspiring with a hard-line faction of the Colombian rebel group known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia to ship vast quantities of cocaine to the United States.

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Several other regime officials, including the defense minister and head of the Supreme Court, were charged in separate cases in Washington and South Florida.

Barr said there was no immediate expectation of taking the current and former Venezuelan officials into custody, but he noted that they do sometimes travel outside the country. He also suggested that the defendants might face justice if efforts to drive them from power are successful.

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Asked about the role of the U.S. in prosecuting corruption in foreign governments, Barr said the officials had “deliberately targeted the United States” as a market for illegal narcotics.

  Politico
I think he has that backwards. The demand for drugs from the US drives the drug market, just like any market. And that's not even counting the CIA's involvement in the drug traffic.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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