Iran’s support, the report detailed, allowed the criminal alliance linking Hezbollah, the Venezuelan regime and the Cartel of the Suns, the Marxist National Liberation Army (ELN), and FARC’s Second Marquetalia group to establish “drug trafficking corridors, safe havens, illicit military operations, and extractive activities” along the Colombian-Venezuelan border. The Maduro regime’s repressive DGCIM Military Counterintelligence Directorate reportedly “acts as a protector of this network, guaranteeing impunity and eliminating dissent.” High-ranking generals from the DGCIM, the Venezuelan National Army, and the National Guard, the radio station said, are presumably involved in the criminal network. The Colombian magazine also revealed that according to the report, the Maduro regime has “sponsored” the ongoing gruesome conflict between ELN and FARC’s “33rd Front” faction at the Catatumbo region over control of the area’s coca leaf crops, the main ingredient used in the manufacture of cocaine.
Author: Christian K. Caruzo, Christian K. Caruzo
Published at: 2025-08-20 21:33:04
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