#0219 The Real Reason Trump Ordered The Strike On Venezuela, It's Not About Drugs

The Original Indictment (2020): The foundational DOJ document charging Maduro with narco-terrorism, which established the $15M bounty. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/nicolas-maduro-moros-and-14-current-and-former-venezuelan-officials-charged-narco-terrorism The Human Rights Record (UN Council): The UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission detailed crimes against humanity, providing the moral casus belli for intervention. https://www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/hrc/ffm-venezuela/index The Collapse of the Oil State: A deep dive into how PDVSA (state oil) was looted, creating the economic conditions for regime vulnerability. https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/venezuela-crisis The Rise of the "Cartel of the Suns": Insight Insight Crime's dossier on the Cártel de los Soles, the military drug trafficking ring allegedly led by Maduro. https://insightcrime.org/venezuela-organized-crime-news/cartel-of-the-suns-profile/ The Original Indictment (2020): The foundational DOJ document charging Maduro with narco-terrorism, which established the $15M bounty. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/nicolas-maduro-moros-and-14-current-and-former-venezuelan-officials-charged-narco-terrorism The Human Rights Record (UN Council): The UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission detailed crimes against humanity, providing the moral casus belli for intervention. https://www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/hrc/ffm-venezuela/index The Collapse of the Oil State: A deep dive into how PDVSA (state oil) was looted, creating the economic conditions for regime vulnerability. https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/venezuela-crisis The Rise of the "Cartel of the Suns": Insight Insight Crime's dossier on the Cártel de los Soles, the military drug trafficking ring allegedly led by Maduro. https://insightcrime.org/venezuela-organized-crime-news/cartel-of-the-suns-profile/