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US seizes Nicolás Maduro’s jet and flies it to Florida
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Sep 02, 2024 07:12pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Sep 02, 2024 01:40pm |
| Description | US authorities have seized Nicolás Maduro’s plane in an apparent escalation of pressure on the Venezuelan president, more than a month after his widely contested claim of victory in the country’s national elections.
US authorities confirmed on Monday they had seized Maduro’s jet in the Dominican Republic after determining it was allegedly purchased in violation of US sanctions. The plane, described by US officials as Venezuela’s equivalent to Air Force One, has been flown to Fort Lauderdale in Florida.
“This morning, the justice department seized an aircraft we allege was illegally purchased for $13m [£10m] through a shell company and smuggled out of the United States for use by Nicolás Maduro and his cronies,” the US attorney general, Merrick Garland, said in a statement.
The assistant secretary for export enforcement, Matthew Axelrod, of the Department of Commerce, said: “Let this seizure send a clear message: aircraft illegally acquired from the United States for the benefit of sanctioned Venezuelan officials cannot just fly off into the sunset. |
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