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Venezuela cocaine trafficking

Venezuela's role in cocaine trafficking to the US, Europe, and West Africa

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Jan 8, 2026

Is there any actual evidence that Venezuelan cartels is one of the largest traffickers of drugs into the US?

There is substantial official evidence that Venezuelan territory and corrupt Venezuelan officials have been used to move large quantities of cocaine and to facilitate partnerships with transnational t...

Jan 8, 2026

What investigations exist into fentanyl production sites in neighboring countries, and how do they implicate or exonerate Venezuela?

Independent and government investigations overwhelmingly point to Mexico as the principal site of illicit fentanyl production destined for the United States, while regional police and international re...

Jan 8, 2026

What other major illicit drugs are produced in or transited through Venezuela (cocaine, meth, heroin)?

Venezuela is primarily associated with cocaine trafficking—both as a transit hub and, increasingly since the 2010s, as a site where processing and export occur—while clear evidence for large-scale met...

Jan 7, 2026

What evidence did Hugo Carvajal provide in his Dec. 2 letter and where can the full text be reviewed?

Hugo Carvajal’s Dec. 2 letter, sent from U.S. custody and first published by the Dallas Express, presents a series of explosive allegations: that Venezuela’s political and military leadership operated...

Jan 7, 2026

What policy or enforcement actions have governments taken in 2024–2025 to disrupt fentanyl operations tied to Venezuela?

Between 2024 and 2025 governments—most prominently the United States—escalated a mix of military, intelligence, legal and economic actions aimed at disrupting drug flows they tied to Venezuela, includ...

Jan 7, 2026

Fentanyl flows from China to Venezuela and to the US

The available reporting and official analyses do not support a clear, direct pipeline of fentanyl routed from China to Venezuela and then into the United States; instead, most intelligence and open-so...

Jan 6, 2026

What documents or reports link the Venezuelan boat to known drug trafficking networks?

Official U.S. statements and some media reporting assert that specific Venezuelan boats and a docking facility were linked to drug-trafficking networks, but the principal public documents cited by pre...