For months Donny and his pack of rabid d’bags have been selling the idea that drugs coming from Venezuela were controlled by the cartel known as ‘De Los Soles’ and now we have arrested its ‘leader’.
There is a slight problem here…..
One of the central claims the Trump administration has used to justify the overthrow of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and describe his government as “illegitimate” is the allegation that he is the leader of a multinational narco-terrorist organization known as “Cartel de los Soles.”
But now that the Department of Justice (DOJ) must prove the allegation in court following the US military’s kidnapping of Maduro last week, prosecutors are backing off the claim and, in effect, admitting what critics had long protested: that Cartel de los Soles is not, in fact, an organization at all.
In the months leading up to the illegal US invasion that plucked Maduro from power, the Treasury Department and State Department both designated Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization.
That allegation originated from a 2020 grand jury indictment of Maduro, drafted by the DOJ during Trump’s first term. The document described the Cartel de los Soles as a “Venezuelan drug-trafficking organization comprised of high-ranking Venezuelan officials.”
As the New York Times explained back in November:
There’s a big catch with the impression created by the Trump administration’s narrative: Cartel de los Soles is not a literal organization, according to a range of specialists in Latin American criminal and narcotics issues, from think-tank analysts to former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officials.
It is instead a figure of speech in Venezuela, dating back to the 1990s, for Venezuelan military officials corrupted by drug money, they say. The term, which means “Cartel of the Suns,” is a mocking invocation of the suns Venezuelan generals wear to denote their rank, like American ones wear stars.
It is for that reason that the DEA’s annual National Drug Threat Assessment, which describes major trafficking organizations in detail, has never mentioned Cartel de los Soles. Nor has the annual “World Drug Report“ by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
https://www.commondreams.org/news/doj-cartel-de-los-soles-not-real
There you go more lies from the liar in chief…..but he is not alone….this was an excuse fabricated to justify any action…..kinda like the yellow cake uranium in Iraq as a more recent lie to action.
When are we gonna stop believe bullshit to justify military action?
Who’s next on the hit list of the nazi twats in DC?
Now when can we expect a drop in drug traffic? (Hint do not hold your breath)
****Side question–Why is Venezuela sending 50 million barrels of oil to the US?
President Trump says Venezuela is about to send a gusher of oil north—and he’ll personally control the cash flow. In a Truth Social post Tuesday evening, Trump claimed interim authorities in the country will transfer 30 million to 50 million barrels of “High Quality, Sanctioned Oil” to the US, to be sold at market prices, CNBC reports.
“This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States!” Trump wrote. “I have asked Energy Secretary Chris Wright to execute this plan, immediately. It will be taken by storage ships, and brought directly to unloading docks in the United States. “
Seriously? The money controlled by Donny? How much of that will make into his personal accounts?
Why are they ‘transferring’ this oil?
Sounds to me like the US is taking this oil….and how will it make it’s way back to the people of Venezuela?
This smells like more Donny bullshit!
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