Maduro Far Worse Than Thought

Venezuela’s authoritarian Nicolás Maduro is even more evil than the world knew: He’s not just driving his own country to ruin, he’s apparently a global drug kingpin, too.

The US Justice Department last week indicted Maduro and four of his lieutenants on drug-trafficking, money-laundering and corruption charges. It also charged two leaders of the Colombian revolutionary group FARC for colluding with Maduro “to flood the United States with cocaine.”

As Attorney General William Barr put it: “While the Venezuelan people suffer, this cabal lines their pockets with drug money and the proceeds of their corruption.”

The charges aim to root out “the extensive corruption within the Venezuelan government — a system constructed and controlled to enrich those at the highest levels of the government.”

In response, Maduro slammed President Trump as a “racist cowboy” and again vowed to fight any US invasion.

It’s well established that FARC and the supposedly populist ruling clique of Venezuela are deep in the international drug trade, but Maduro’s personal involvement is news.

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