Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s narco case echoes US history of targeting alleged foreign drug kingpins
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Trump administration captures Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in military operation, continuing pattern of U.S. targeting foreign leaders for alleged drug trafficking.
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According to U.S. officials, the Department of Justice requested military assistance in apprehending Maduro after he – and later his wife, son, two political figures and an alleged international gang leader – had been indicted on federal terrorism, drugs and weapons charges in 2020.
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