Overview

• The DEA is offering up to $25 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Nicolás Maduro, Diosdado Cabello and Vladimir Padrino López.
• On July 25, the Office of Foreign Assets Control formally designated the Cártel de los Soles as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist organization, enabling US asset freezes and embargoes.
• US authorities accuse the group’s leaders of conspiring to commit narcoterrorism, import cocaine and employ machine guns and destructive devices to support drug trafficking.
• Washington alleges the Cártel de los Soles has provided material support to the Sinaloa Cartel and the Tren de Aragua, both previously designated as terrorist organizations.
• The Venezuelan government has rejected the US measures as interventionist and denied the existence of networks like the Tren de Aragua.