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Related: About this forumU.S. senators want probe of drug trafficking tied to Venezuela government
Source: Reuters
#WORLD NEWS JANUARY 24, 2018 / 12:00 PM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
U.S. senators want probe of drug trafficking tied to Venezuela government
Patricia Zengerle
3 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. senators called on the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday to investigate allegations of drug trafficking by senior officials in the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, as the country struggles with economic crisis.
In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions seen by Reuters, Republican Senator Marco Rubio and Democrat Robert Menendez said they were concerned about possible connections between Maduros government and drug trafficking organizations and wanted an investigation in order to better understand the nexus between criminal actors and members of Maduros inner circle.
Despite being a major oil producing country, Venezuela is undergoing a severe economic and social crisis, with millions suffering food and medicine shortages, hyperinflation and growing insecurity.
Rubio is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committees western hemisphere subcommittee, and Menendez is its ranking Democrat. Both lawmakers are vocal critics of the Venezuelan government.
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U.S. senators want probe of drug trafficking tied to Venezuela government
Patricia Zengerle
3 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. senators called on the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday to investigate allegations of drug trafficking by senior officials in the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, as the country struggles with economic crisis.
In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions seen by Reuters, Republican Senator Marco Rubio and Democrat Robert Menendez said they were concerned about possible connections between Maduros government and drug trafficking organizations and wanted an investigation in order to better understand the nexus between criminal actors and members of Maduros inner circle.
Despite being a major oil producing country, Venezuela is undergoing a severe economic and social crisis, with millions suffering food and medicine shortages, hyperinflation and growing insecurity.
Rubio is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committees western hemisphere subcommittee, and Menendez is its ranking Democrat. Both lawmakers are vocal critics of the Venezuelan government.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-usa-senate/u-s-senators-want-probe-of-drug-trafficking-tied-to-venezuela-government-idUSKBN1FD2ET
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U.S. senators want probe of drug trafficking tied to Venezuela government (Original Post)
Eugene
Jan 2018
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Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)1. So what? "Norway politicians want probe into American government mob
connections".
But only America gets to interfere in another nations internal affairs, am I right?
argyl
(3,064 posts)2. You are. We went into Panama to snatch Noriega in the 80s.
sandensea
(21,720 posts)3. There may indeed be something there; but Narco Rubio demanding a probe into drug trafficking?