Rubio slums “narcotelist” Maduro as Venezuela is holding local elections
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio is attacking a Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro On Sunday, South American countries will hold city elections to fill hundreds of mayoral positions and thousands of council seats.
The municipal contest takes place one day before the Venezuela presidential election. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has recently expanded pressure on Maduro.
“A year later, by dictator Nicolas Maduro declares his unfounded self the winner of the people of Venezuela as a winner, the United States will remain unshakable support for the restoration of Venezuela’s democratic order and justice,” Rubio said in a statement Sunday. “Maduro is not the president of Venezuela and his administration is not a legitimate government.”
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will parade on military vehicles during the Independence Day celebration held in Caracas on July 5, 2025. (Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images)
“Maduro is the leader of the designated narcotelist organization Cartel de los Salles, and he is responsible for trafficking drugs to the US and Europe,” Rubio continued. “Maduro, currently being charged by our country, is corrupting Venezuelan agencies to support the US in cartel’s criminal drug trafficking scheme.”
In March 2020, the Justice Department filed a complaint of narcoterism, corruption, drug trafficking and other criminal charges against Maduro and 14 other former Venezuelan officials. Earlier this year, 10 days before President Donald Trump took office, the State Department increased its pay for information that led to Maduro’s acquisition of $15 million to $25 million.
“For years, Maduro and his companions have been manipulated. Venezuela’s election system To maintain illegal power, “Rubio added on Sunday.” By scheduling city elections on the eve of the July 28 presidential election, the administration once again aims to deploy the military and police to suppress the will of the people of Venezuela.”
“The United States, working with partners, will hold the corrupt, criminal, and illegal Maduro administration accountable. People who steal elections, take power and steal people who take power to undermine American national security interests,” Rubio said.
Maduro became Venezuela’s president in 2013, but the United States has not recognized his presidency since 2019. The US and other countries have refused to acknowledge Maduro as the winner of the July 2024 Venezuela election.
Relatives of those detained during the protest accused on July 28, 2024 will be taking part in a vigil demanding release in front of the prosecutor’s office in Caracas on July 16, 2025. (Federico Parra/AFP via Getty Images)
The Ministry of Finance approved on Friday Rossole poster, He is also known as the cartel Sands cartel, a “specially designated world terrorist.” The US claims that Cartel de los Sales is arguing that Maduro and other high-ranking Venezuelan individuals have in his administration.
The US claims that the Venezuela-based group is providing material support to Tren de Aragua and the Sinaloa Cartel. The Trump administration classified the Tren de Aragua and Sinaloa cartels as foreign terrorist organizations in February.
According to the Treasury, the name Cartel de Los Salles comes from the sun’s insignia often depicted on uniforms of Venezuelan military officials.
Chacao city mayor Gustavo Duquet will speak to his supporters at the start of the city’s election campaign held in Caraca on July 11, 2025. The mayor and councillor elections will take place on July 27th. (Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images)
According to the Treasury, the cartel “supports Tren de Lagua by carrying out its purpose of using illegal drug floods as a weapon against the United States.”
Bescent said Friday that the new lawsuit would “expose the promotion through the promotion of narcoterism in the non-gimatiial Maduro regime. Terrorist Group Like a sun poster. “
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“The Treasury Department will continue to enforce President Trump’s pledge to put America first by cracking down on violent organizations, including facilitators like Tren de Aragua, the Sinaloa Cartel and the Cartel de los Sales,” he added.