Drug trafficking to and from
Venezuela has shot up 50 percent under President Nicolas Maduro, who is enriching himself by working with organized crime, the
United States charged Thursday.
Maduro, a leftist who has been in power since 2013, helps crime gangs and has given refuge to terror groups, said Admiral Craig Faller, commander of the US Southern Command based in Miami.
"We're seeing an increase in drug trafficking placed out of Venezuela that is aided and abetted by the illegitimate Maduro regime," Faller told a Caribbean security conference.