Narco-Terrorism

Attorney General William P. Barr Delivers Remarks at Press Conference Announcing Criminal Charges against Venezuelan Officials

Full remarks

Washington, DC
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Thursday, March 26, 2020

Excerpt:

The indictment of Nicolás Maduro and his co-defendants alleges a conspiracy involving an extremely violent terrorist organization known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – or FARC – in an effort to flood the United States with cocaine.  Now, FARC has been operating in Colombia.  In 2017, the Colombians entered into a peace agreement with FARC, under which the overwhelming majority of FARC members laid down their arms and have been living within the political structure of Columbia.  However, there is a dissident group of about 2,500 FARC members, and they have taken up on the border between Venezuela and Colombia.  These FARC dissidents continue to be involved in drug trafficking and armed insurgency.  They have obtained the support of the Maduro regime, which is allowing them to use Venezuela as a safe haven from which they can continue to conduct their cocaine trafficking and their armed insurgency.