#us-indictment

#us-indictment

U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton described the Sinaloa cartel as 'a ruthless criminal organization that has flooded this community with dangerous drugs for decades.' He emphasized that the cartel's operations are facilitated by corrupt politicians and law enforcement officials.

A newly unsealed US justice department indictment accuses the captured Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, of running a corrupt, illegitimate government fuelled by an extensive drug-trafficking operation that flooded the US with thousands of tons of cocaine. The arrest of Maduro and his wife in a stunning military operation early on Saturday in Venezuela sets the stage for a major test for US prosecutors as they seek to secure a conviction in a Manhattan courtroom against the longtime leader of the oil-rich South American nation.