The Justice Department alleges the Dassault Falcon 900EX aircraft was purchased in Florida by the Venezuelan leader's associates through a shell company in violation of sanctions and export controls.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro brandishes a sword as his new Cabinet takes the oath of office, at the presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Aug. 28.
The United States has seized an airplane belonging to Venezuela's hard-line president, Nicolás Maduro, in the Dominican Republic, the Justice Department said Monday. The Justice Department alleges that the Dassault Falcon 900EX aircraft was purchased from a company in Florida for about $13 million by people affiliated with Maduro who used a Caribbean-based shell company and smuggled it out of the United States for use by Maduro and his associates, in violation of U.S. sanctions and export controls.The U.S.
The plane confiscation came a little over a month after Venezuela's contentious presidential election, in which both Maduro and the main opposition Speaking Aug. 1, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said there was"overwhelming evidence" that opposition candidate"Edmundo González Urrutia won the most votes in Venezuela’s July 28 presidential election."Jackie Northam is NPR's International Affairs Correspondent.
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