Das Netz venezolanischer Generäle, denen vorgeworfen wird, den Kokainhandel anzuheizen

For more than two decades, a loose-knit group of Venezuelan generals and senior officials has enabled the shipment of thousands of tons of cocaine to the U.S. and Europe, American and Colombian officials say.

While nearly all cocaine is produced in neighboring Colombia, Venezuela plays an important role in allowing the drug to move through its territory and then onto ships and planes that traffic it to Europe, the Caribbean and the U.S., the officials have said.

The country’s military permits Colombian guerrillas and cocaine gangs who pay millions of dollars in bribes to move cocaine through the country, officials said. The cocaine is then shipped by air to Central America or by sea to Caribbean islands and Europe.

Now this Venezuelan network, known to U.S. officials as the “Cartel of the Suns,” is in the Trump administration’s sights. The State Department says it is designating the Cartel of the Suns as a foreign-terrorist organization.

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