Something else to remember is that Iran has inserted itself via a growing Hamas along with Lebanon's Hezbolla enclaves welcomed by Venezuala's president.... along with Russian and Chinese presence.
They in turn are fueling the drug issues in America... and probably planning further nefarious activities.
This may be much more than about drugs:
...Venezuela’s authoritarian regime has allegedly become a strategic ally to Hezbollah, enabling the militant group to expand its operations across Latin America and even reach U.S. soil, according to explosive testimony delivered before the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control.
....“With the deterioration of Hezbollah’s infrastructure in Lebanon and mounting economic pressure on Iran, Latin America has become an increasingly vital source of financing,” Billingslea said.
......According to documentation presented at the hearing, Venezuela issued more than 10,000 passports between 2010 and 2019 to individuals from Syria, Lebanon, and Iran—countries with known ties to Hezbollah and Hamas. Many of these passports were allegedly approved under the supervision of former Vice President Tareck El Aissami, who has long been accused of facilitating Hezbollah-linked activities.
Misael López, a former official at the Venezuelan embassy in Iraq, publicly denounced in 2015 the existence of a passport-selling network, claiming that diplomatic documents were being issued—even to individuals with suspected ties to terrorism—for sums of up to $15,000.
Billingslea claimed these documents allow operatives to move freely across Latin America and, in some cases, enter the United States undetected....
Marshall Billingslea described the Nicolás Maduro government as a “willing safe haven” for Hezbollah and Hamas operatives.
arcadiafoundation.org
...Tehran has turned Venezuela into its Latin American weapons depot and arms trafficking hub....
A group of international terrorism experts delivered a stark warning to the US Senate on Tuesday, detailing the dramatic expansion of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah in Latin America, with particular emphasis on its deepening ties with the Venezuelan state under President Nicolás Maduro.
During a hearing before the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics and Control, experts claimed that Venezuela has become a critical base for the group’s financing and operational activities.
Marshall Billingslea, former Undersecretary for Terrorist Financing at the US Treasury Department, testified that while contracts were awarded to Hezbollah-linked front companies as early as 2001, “the breadth and depth of Hezbollah's presence in Venezuela expanded dramatically” once Maduro took power.
A group of international terrorism experts delivered a stark warning to the US Senate on Tuesday, detailing the dramatic expansion of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah in Latin America, with particular emphasis on its deepening ties with the Venezuelan state under President Nicolás Maduro.
en.mercopress.com
Birds of a feather....
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