Amid rising tensions with Venezuela, the US wants to classify the Venezuelan drug cartel, Cártel de los Soles, as a foreign terrorist organization. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused the cartel which the US says is run by Venezuela’s rulers Nicolas Maduro on Sunday “terrorist violence” in the Western Hemisphere and drug smuggling to the United States and Europe.
The US Treasury Department has included the Cártel de los Soles (Cartel of the Sun) on its list of other terrorists this summer. Since September, US armed forces have repeatedly attacked vessels belonging to drug smugglers Caribbean and in the Eastern Pacific. At least 83 people have died so far.
Cartels may not exist as a unified group
To use, they have United States of America several warships and fighter planes were sent to the Caribbean. The largest US aircraft carrier last arrived on Sunday USS Gerald R Ford its operating area is in the Caribbean.
The Cártel de los Soles is said to be a crime syndicate consisting of officers from the Venezuelan armed forces. The name is borrowed from the sun on the shoulder boards of Venezuelan generals. However, security experts disagree on whether the cartel exists as a hierarchically organized group.
According to experts’ assessments, it is likely that high-ranking military officials will use existing criminal syndicates in exchange for bribes. Venezuela undergoing surgery and offering protection if necessary.
Trump talks about talking to Maduro
The United States accuses Venezuela of encouraging drug smuggling into America and thereby endangering the security of the United States and its citizens. However, Venezuela’s left-wing nationalist President, Maduro, is suspicious of US plans to overthrow him. The US government does not view Maduro as the legitimate president of Venezuela.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump raised the possibility of talks with Maduro on Sunday. “We can have talks with Maduro, and we’ll see how it goes,” Trump told reporters on Sunday at Palm Beach International Airport in the US state of Florida. “You want to talk.”
When asked what Maduro’s interest in talks meant, Trump said he didn’t know, but he was talking to everyone. The US president broke off diplomatic contacts with Venezuela in early October.
