The Cartel of the Suns (Spanish: Cartel de los Soles) is a Venezuelan organization supposedly headed by high-ranking members of the Armed Forces of Venezuela who are involved in …

Illegal drug trade in Venezuela is the practice of illegal drug trading in Venezuela. Venezuela has been a path to the United States for cocaine originating in Colombia, through Central America …

May 17, 2018 · In Latin America, criminal entrepreneurs in the form of cartels, have traditionally run drug trafficking. In Venezuela, it is managed from within government, and if Nicolás …

May 14, 2022 · The Cartel of the Suns is a drug trafficking operation, although those that participate in it are often involved in other criminal economies such as fuel smuggling, illegal …

Sep 22, 2022 · The result was large quantities of previously-seized cocaine to be sold to drug traffickers in exchange for millions of dollars; interfere with drug-trafficking investigations and …

Apr 17, 2019 · A months-long CNN investigation traced the northward route of cocaine from the farmlands where much of it is grown in Colombia, and found that the number of suspected …

Jul 20, 2023 · Political unrest, financial collapse, and corruption in Venezuela have created an environment that allows transnational criminal organizations to operate unchecked. Their …

Nov 10, 2017 · Venezuela is a key transit country for drug shipments leaving Colombia for the United States and Europe. Foreign groups, particularly Colombians, have traditionally …

Jul 10, 2024 · While officially charged in the U.S. in 2020 as being one of the Venezuelan officials responsible for turning the country into a drug-trafficking state, the prevalent view has been …

Jan 20, 2009 · According to media reports, Mexican drug-trafficking organizations also operate in Venezuela, including the Sinaloa Cartel and Los Zetas. The Venezuelan government …