US EditionCartel De Los Soles: What to Know About Group Connected to Maduro
Maduro and Flores face federal charges for leading a narco-terrorism network that smuggled hundreds of tons of cocaine into the U.S., with bounties exceeding $50 million, prosecutors said.
- On Saturday, Nicolás Maduro, Venezuelan President, and Cilia Flores were captured in Caracas and transferred to U.S. jurisdiction, President Donald Trump announced; they are en route to New York and expected to appear next week in Manhattan.
- Prosecutors say the Cartel de Los Soles emerged in the 1990s as an alleged network of senior Venezuelan military and government officials using state structures to traffic cocaine, with Maduro named as defendant since March 2020.
- Court filings detail alleged schemes using state planes and diplomatic passports to move drugs, with prosecutors charging Maduro and five co-defendants with narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation, and weapons offenses.
- Legal experts note the indictment's unprecedented nature for a sitting head of state as Nicolás Maduro, Venezuelan President, and Cilia Flores face mandatory minimum sentences decades-to-life under U.S. federal law with asset forfeiture sought by the indictment, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed.
- Carvajal's sentencing was moved to Jan. 12 as prosecutors continue to press the broader case; Hugo Armando Carvajal Barrios faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 60 years and bounties exceeding $50 were offered for Maduro's capture.
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