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uring a news conference on Thursday, Sen. Mark Warner criticized the Trump administration for excluding Democrats from attending a briefing about the U.S. military strikes in the Caribbean.
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The federal agent had a daring pitch for Nicolás Maduro’s chief pilot: All he had to do was surreptitiously divert the Venezuelan president’s plane to a place where U.S. authorities could nab the strongman.
Recent deadly U.S. strikes on accused drug transport vessels have taken center stage this week as tensions with Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro escalate. South Florida’s diaspora is closely watching, and now a wider U.S. audience is focusing on what is happening and why. Congressman Carlos Gimenez is among the few lawmakers who received a classified military briefing.
The U.S. Coast Guard celebrated a “historic milestone” after crews unloaded over 76,140 pounds of illegal drugs -- most of it cocaine -- that the feds planned to investigate and destroy.
Venezuelans in South Florida gathered in protest Thursday as Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for a controversial third six-year term, amid claims of election fraud and a $25 million bounty for his arrest related to alleged drug trafficking.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for another term on Friday, deepening the country’s political crisis as opposition leaders and many Venezuelans claim he lost the election.
Federal prosecutors said George Semerene Quintero’s case showed Nicolás Maduro used the Venezuelan oil company to illegally funnel parts to maintain planes used by him and his cronies.
On Saturday night, during a televised speech at an event related to the disputed presidential election in Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro stood next to several men who wore traditional Arab headdresses known as keffiyeh or hatta.
Despite U.S. sanctions, prosecutors say Venezuela’s state-owned oil company accessed aircraft parts from the U.S. such as bearings, joint slide flexes, and actuators for its aircraft fleet.