2024-09-17 00:35:58
The aircraft, valued at 13 million dollars and model Dassault Falcon 900EX, has been in the Dominican Republic in recent months, while the United States has not yet disclosed the reasons for this situation.
The United States assured that the presidential plane of Nicolás Maduro violated White House sanctions on Venezuela, so confiscated the device when it was in the Dominican Republic.
The plane, used by Maduro on his trips around the world, is the Venezuelan version of Joe Biden’s Air Force One, so Washington told CNN that “The confiscation of the aircraft of a foreign head of state is unprecedented in criminal matters. We are sending a clear message that no one is above the law, no one is above the reach of US sanctions.”
The ship, which is valued at 13 million dollars and is a Dassault Falcon 900EX model, has been in the Dominican Republic in recent months.while the United States has not yet revealed the reasons for this situation.
The operation involved officials from Homeland Security Investigations, Commerce agents, the Office of Industry and Security and the Department of Justice, who also informed Venezuela of the seizure.
In early 2024, the United States imposed a series of sanctions on Venezuela’s oil and gas industries following Maduro’s decision not to allow fair elections, which led, for example, to the suspension of commercial flights to and from the Dominican Republic.
In recent years, HSI has managed to seize nearly $2 billion from the Maduro regime, including judgments, bank account liquidations, and seizures, among others.
In addition, in 2017, two nephews of Nicolás Maduro’s wife were sentenced to 18 years in prison by a New York court for smuggling 800 kilos of cocaine on a private jet, being released in a prisoner exchange in 2022.