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The US Department of State said the Government intends to designate Cartel de los Soles as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), effective November 24.

On the State Department's website, dated November 16, in the name of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, was a release which said that Cartel de los Soles is based in Venezuela, and is headed by that country's President Nicolás Maduro.

The release said other high-ranking individuals of the "illegitimate Maduro regime" are also members of this cartel and that together with Maduro, they have corrupted Venezuela’s military, intelligence, legislature, and judiciary.