Cartel de los Soles at the Presidential Palace of Caracas: The drug-trafficking network that Chávez set up with Sinaloa and that kept Maduro in power
Evidence from U.S. authorities about the cocaine and fentanyl trafficking cartel created by the Chávez regime, “inherited” by Maduro and used to remain in power, pushing 250 tons of drugs a year onto American and European streets
WSJ: How US Navy Growlers paralyzed Venezuela’s air defense and paved the way for Maduro’s arrest
As analysts explain, the Growler can detect hostile radars, jam them, and block military communications
Arrest and trial are two different things in the U.S. case against Maduro: Immunity issues, gray areas & the Noriega precedent
Maduro, whom prosecutors accuse of running “state-sponsored gangs” and facilitating drug trafficking to the United States, is likely to raise “a series of serious objections to the prosecution”