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The United States Department of State says it will designate Cartel de los Soles as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation, with the designation taking effect on 24 November.
According to the release, the group is based in Venezuela and is headed by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and other high-ranking figures “of the illegitimate Maduro regime” who, it says, have corrupted the country’s military, intelligence, legislature, and judiciary.
The Department said neither Maduro nor his associates represent Venezuela’s legitimate government. It added that Cartel de los Soles, working alongside other designated terrorist organisations including Tren de Aragua and the Sinaloa Cartel, is responsible for terrorist violence across the region and for trafficking drugs into the United States and Europe.
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