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The US escalates action by designating Cartel de los Soles a Foreign Terrorist Organization, enhancing enforcement against drug trafficking and narco-terrorism, amid 21 strikes killing 83 people.
- On 14 November, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the Cartel de los Soles will be considered a Foreign Terrorist Organization from that date, the US State Department said.
- The administration said it aims to curb drug‑trafficking and pressure Maduro after the Trump administration raised a $50m reward in August, alleging Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was a leading 'narco‑trafficker'.
- Since September, the US has conducted maritime strikes off Venezuela and Colombia, while the October deployment of USS Gerald Ford led the largest US military deployment to the Caribbean in decades.
- The FTO label criminalises support for the group and broadens enforcement tools, making material support illegal and effectively branding Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro a terrorist, which he denies.
- Past US practice of designating cartels as terrorist groups provides precedent, though the US has not publicly released evidence linking Maduro and speculation grows about potential US strikes inside Venezuela.
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US to designate Venezuela’s Cartel de los Soles as terrorist group
The United States will designate Venezuela’s Cartel de los Soles a foreign terrorist organization (FTO), Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Sunday, amid heightened tensions between the two countries. In a statement, Rubio said the group is run by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, whose government the U.S. has called “illegitimate.” “Based in Venezuela, the…
What is Cartel de los Soles, the drug trafficking organisation at the centre of US-Venezuela tensions?
The Trump-led administration is ramping up its fight against Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro. From November 24, the US will recognise the Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organisation. This move will effectively designate the Venezuelan president as a terrorist as well, as Washington claims that the drug-trafficking organisation is led by him and the country’s top officials
US to designate Venezuela's 'Cartel de los Soles' as Foreign Terrorist Organisation
According to the State Department, the cartel is led by Maduro and other high-ranking officials of what Washington calls the "illegitimate Maduro regime." US officials say the group has deeply infiltrated and corrupted Venezuela's military, intelligence, legislature and judiciary structures, while providing support to violent criminal organisations across the region.
US Adds New Terror Designation to Cartel It Linked to Maduro
The US plans to designate a Venezuelan drug cartel it alleges is led by Nicolas Maduro as a foreign terrorist organization even as US President Donald Trump said Sunday that talks with the government may be possible.
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