Venezuela: Tons of Cocaine Linked to Far-Right Politicians Seized in Zulia State - teleSUR English

Venezuelan authorities have seized four tons of "high purity cocaine" in recent days during Operation "Eclair" in the western part of the country, in a border region with...

Venezuela: 10 Tons of Cocaine Seized in Major Blow to Drug Trafficking and Far-Right Opposition's Finances

Caracas (OrinocoTribune.com)—Venezuelan authorities have confiscated 9,866 kilograms (nearly 10 tons) of high-purity cocaine in three separate operations conducted in March 2025 in Zulia state, as part of the Lightning of Catatumbo security operation. The announcement was made on Saturday, March 23, by Venezuelan Minister for the Interior Diosdado Cabello, who accused opposition factions led by María Corina Machado of being “neck-deep” in the cr…

Venezuela: Tons of Cocaine Linked to Far-Right Politicians Seized in Zulia State - teleSUR English

In the most recent report on “Operation Lightning” in the Western state of Zulia, Venezuela’s Minister of People’s Power for Internal Relations, Justice and Peace, Diosdado Cabello, said that millions of tons of high-purity cocaine, linked with the far-right politicians groups operating in the country, were seized. RELATED: President Maduro Announces Comprehensive Strategy to Combat Colombian Drug Trafficking in Venezuela Cabello, claimed to hav…

In the most recent balance sheet on Operation Lightning in the state of Zulia, Venezuela’s Minister of People’s Power for Internal Relations, Justice and Peace, Diosdado Cabello Rondón, told the press that investigations have shown a direct link between drug trafficking from Colombia and the extreme right-wing opposition political sectors in the Bolivarian nation. READ ALSO Operation Lightning: Two mayors arrested in Venezuela for links with dru…

One Venezuelan was arrested during an operation by the Spanish authorities, where they dismantled a criminal gang dedicated to the production of cocaine, which they distributed camouflaged in cans of paintings carried by cargo trucks. During the aforementioned operation, carried out in the province of Cáceres, nine Colombians and one Spanish citizen were also arrested. Among those arrested were the gang leaders and five ‘cocineros’ (dedicate to …

Pablo Rodríguez In a press conference, the sectoral vice president of Politics, Citizen Security and Peace, Diosdado Cabello, revealed the results of Operation Lightning of Catatumbo, which culminated in the seizure of 9.8 tons of high purity cocaine in the Zulia state. In addition, the links of this criminal network with mayors of the region and sectors of the Venezuelan extremist opposition were exposed. Cabello explained that the drugs were s…