Maduro Nicholas (Nicolas Maduro)

Maduro Nicholas (Nicolas Maduro)

Biography

2020: Charge of a drug traffic by means of cryptocurrency

At the end of March, 2020 the U.S. Department of Justice accused the president of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro and 14 acting and former officials of Venezuela of "narcoterrorism, corruption, drug traffic and commission of other criminal offenses". According to the USA, they cooperate with Left-wing radical grouping "Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia" for 20 years.

According to Ministry of Justice of the USA, Maduro at least since 1999 was one of leaders of drug cartel of Cartel de Los Soles (Cartel of the sun) who was engaged in a cocaine transportation from Colombia to the USA through Venezuela.

Thus members of cartel wanted "not only to be enriched and strengthen the power, but also to flood the USA with cocaine", "to affect the health and wellbeing" Americans, consider in department.

As the associate director of bureau of investigations of the Ministry of national security (HSI) Alice Erikhs said, the high-ranking leaders of the Venezuelan government use cryptocurrencies for drug trafficking, money muling and activity connected with terrorism. Not clearly, whether is available in a type of cryptocurrencies in general or only national cryptocurrency Petro, Sunacrip supported by oil and controlled directly — the organization created by the authorities of the country for regulation of digital currency.

The USA announced an award for Nicolás Maduro's capture in the amount of $15 million and reminded that they do not consider him the president of Venezuela. Maduro commented on charges as follows:

There is a rejection of extravagant behavior of the cowboy, the Trump's government which offered the price for our heads as though we are at the time of the Wild West … But does not frighten us and no American aggression will intimidate. And if only one hair falls from the head someone from us, our people have a plan, civil and military consolidation, the police have plans, and you know that the people named already these plans - Bolivarian rage.[1]

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