The United States Department of Justice has unsealed a superseding indictment charging Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and other senior officials with narco-t+rrorism and a massive c@caine tr+fficking conspiracy.
Federal prosecutors, in the indictment marked S4 11 Cr. 205 (AKH), accuse six high-ranking Venezuelans of orchestrating a decades-long scheme to flood the United States with thousands of tons of c@caine while partnering with designated foreign t+rrorist organisations and transnational criminal groups.
Those charged include President Maduro; Diosdado Cabello Rondón, Minister of the Interior, Justice and Peace; and Ramón Rodríguez Chacín, a former Interior and Justice minister.
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Others named are Venezuela’s First Lady, Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro; Nicolás Ernesto Maduro Guerra, the president’s son and a member of the National Assembly; and Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, alleged leader of the Tren de Aragua gang.
According to the Department of Justice, the defendants participated in a narco-t+rrorism conspiracy spanning from about 1999 to 2025.
Prosecutors allege they partnered with groups such as the FARC and its successors, the ELN, the Sinaloa Cartel, Los Zetas/Cartel del Noreste, and Tren de Aragua.
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The indictment further claims Venezuelan government institutions, military units and diplomatic channels were used to protect and transport cocaine shipments, provide safe haven for tr+ffickers and t+rrorists, and enrich officials through corr¥ption, bribery and money la¥ndering networks commonly referred to as the “Cartel de los Soles.”
The charges include narco-t+rrorism conspiracy, c@caine importation conspiracy, and possession of machine g¥ns and destr¥vtive devices in furtherance of dr¥g tr+fficking crimes.
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