May 19, 2024

Press Briefing with Ambassador Jean Manes, and Rear Adm. Andrew Tiongson, from U.S. Southern Command

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” … under Maduro, Venezuela has become a criminal paradise of impunity for narcoterrorists and drug traffickers, and again, where the people of Venezuela are forced to endure this nightmare of insecurity. We see that. We see that tied to the drug – the illicit drug trade and one way of getting at these larger organizations, which is our goal. So, of course, we’re interested in drug smugglers, but really, as I stated previously, our goal is to get to the transnational criminal organizations, those enterprises”. Full Text-> Global Public AffairDoS

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