El Zabayar – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com Thu, 28 May 2020 13:49:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://onvenezuela.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Screen-Shot-2019-12-20-at-12.31.03-PM-1-32x32.png El Zabayar – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com 32 32 Feds charge ex-Venezuelan politician with recruiting terrorists to attack U.S. interests https://onvenezuela.com/feds-charge-ex-venezuelan-politician-with-recruiting-terrorists-to-attack-u-s-interests/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feds-charge-ex-venezuelan-politician-with-recruiting-terrorists-to-attack-u-s-interests Thu, 28 May 2020 13:48:12 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=3529

New York federal prosecutors say El Zabayar, acting under the direction of the president of the Venezuelan assembly, traveled to the Middle East in 2014 to obtain weapons and recruit members of Hezbollah and Hamas to train at hidden camps in Venezuela. By Tom Winter and Pete Williams. Full Text-> NBCNews

]]> U.S. accuses ex-Venezuelan lawmaker of drug conspiracy tied to Middle East militants https://onvenezuela.com/u-s-accuses-ex-venezuelan-lawmaker-of-drug-conspiracy-tied-to-middle-east-militants/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-s-accuses-ex-venezuelan-lawmaker-of-drug-conspiracy-tied-to-middle-east-militants Thu, 28 May 2020 13:08:15 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=3508

U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday charged a former Venezuelan lawmaker with taking part with President Nicolas Maduro in a scheme linked to South American and Middle Eastern militant groups to traffic cocaine and military grade weapons. By Mark Hosenball. Full Text -> Reuters

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