{"id":210538,"date":"2024-09-02T11:54:04","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T15:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=210538"},"modified":"2024-09-02T11:54:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T15:54:06","slug":"exclusive-us-seizes-venezuela-president-nicolas-maduros-airplane-in-the-dominican-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/exclusive-us-seizes-venezuela-president-nicolas-maduros-airplane-in-the-dominican-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: US seizes Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro\u2019s airplane in the Dominican Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The United States has seized Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro\u2019s<\/a> airplane after determining that its acquisition was in violation of US sanctions, among other criminal issues. The US flew the aircraft to Florida on Monday, according to two US officials.<\/p>

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It\u2019s the latest development in what has long been a frosty relationship between the US and Venezuela, and its seizure in the Dominican Republic marks an escalation as the US continues to investigate what it regards as corrupt practices by Venezuela\u2019s government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plane has been described by officials as Venezuela\u2019s equivalent to Air Force One and it  has been pictured in previous state visits by Maduro around the world.<\/p>

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\u201cThis sends a message all the way up to the top,\u201d one of the US officials told CNN. \u201cSeizing the foreign head of state\u2019s plane is unheard-of for criminal matters. We\u2019re sending a clear message here that no one is above the law, no one is above the reach of US sanctions.\u201d<\/p>

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CNN has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice and State Department for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The situation in Venezuela has had implications for US politics as millions flee the country, many of whom have chosen to migrate to the US-Mexico border.<\/p>

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For years, US officials have sought to disrupt the flow of billions of dollars to the regime. Homeland Security Investigations \u2014 the second largest investigative agency in the federal government \u2014 has seized dozens of luxury vehicles, among other assets, heading to Venezuela.<\/p>

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The plane \u2014 estimated to cost around $13 million \u2014 had been in the Dominican Republic in recent months. US officials didn\u2019t disclose why, but it presented an opportunity for US officials to seize the aircraft.<\/p>

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Multiple federal agencies were involved in the seizure, including Homeland Security Investigations; Commerce agents, the Bureau of Industry and Security; and the Justice Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

US officials worked closely with the Dominican Republic, which notified Venezuela of the seizure, according to one of the US officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the next steps, upon arriving to the US, will be pursuing forfeiture, meaning the Venezuelan government has a chance to petition for it, and collecting evidence from the aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The US recently placed pressure on the Venezuelan government to \u201cimmediately\u201d release specific data regarding its presidential election, citing concerns about the credibility of strongman leader Maduro\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this year, the US reimposed sanctions on Venezuela\u2019s oil and gas sector<\/a> in response to the Maduro government\u2019s failure to allow \u201can inclusive and competitive election\u201d to take place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro alights from the plane upon his arrival at the Santa Maria airport, 22 km north of San Jose, on January 28, 2015 to take part in the III CELAC Summit. Ezequiel Becerra\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the controversial reelection of Maduro on July 28, Venezuela suspended commercial flights to and from the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Federal agencies, including HSI, have long been going after the Venezuelan government over corruption concerns. Over recent years, HSI has disrupted $2 billion worth of the Venezuelan government\u2019s illicit proceeds or resources, including judgements, seizures, liquidation of bank accounts, according to one of the US officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March 2020, the US Department of Justice charged Maduro<\/a>, together with 14 current and former Venezuelan officials, with narco-terrorism, drug trafficking and corruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor more than 20 years, Maduro and a number of high-ranking colleagues allegedly conspired with [Colombian left-wing guerrillaa] the FARC, causing tons of cocaine to enter and devastate American communities.,\u201d then-Attorney General William Barr said at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The State Department\u2019s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs has offered a reward<\/a> of up to $15 million for information leading to Maduro\u2019s arrest or conviction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2017, two nephews of Maduro\u2019s wife Cilia Flores were sentenced to 18 years in prison by a federal court in New York City for trying to smuggle up to 800 kilograms of cocaine into the United States on a private jet; the two were later released by the United States in a prisoners\u2019 exchange in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe see these officials and the Maduro regime basically fleecing the Venezuelan people for their own gain,\u201d the US official said. \u201cYou have people who can\u2019t even afford a loaf of bread there and then you have the president of Venezuela jetting around in a high-class private jet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poor economic conditions, food shortages and limited access to health care have pushed more than 7.7 million people to flee Venezuela, marking the largest displacement in the Western Hemisphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN\u2019s Denise Royal and Stefano Pozzebon contributed reporting.<\/p>\n

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