PM not surprised by claims of Caribbean drug links in US indictment of Maduro
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January 4, 2026
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Akash Samaroo
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says she is not surprised that the United States’ indictment of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro contains allegations that Caribbean politicians were complicit in the cocaine trafficking trade.
The Superseding Indictment document, which contains the Grand Jury charges against Maduro and others, claims that Caribbean politicians benefited financially from these traffickers in return for protection against the law.
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