The US has confiscated a corporate jet reportedly used by President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela, citing alleged sanctions violations

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The US government has confiscated an airplane reportedly used by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, claiming it violates Washington’s sanctions against Caracas, CNN reported on Monday.

The US has charged Maduro with drug trafficking and refused to recognize his victory in the last two Venezuelan presidential elections.

“Seizing the foreign head of state’s plane is unheard-of for criminal matters. We’re sending a clear message here that no one is above the law, no one is above the reach of US sanctions,” an unnamed Washington official told CNN, which first reported the story on Monday.

According to CNN, the plane is worth around $13 million and was seized in cooperation with Dominican authorities.

  • SadArtemis🏳️‍⚧️@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 months ago

    I hope that someday, every single theft, every single extortion by the US is reparated back in full (and then some). And every single damned dollar they have sent out, they must also be made to honor in some fashion.

    I’m not even talking about revenge here (though hell if I’d care if it were to happen at this point). Reparations are owed to the entire world, and if the US ceases to exist (because all of its land is owed to its indigenous peoples who have had everything stolen from them for centuries, and because it has stolen more than it itself has) then all the better for it. They owe everything and they shall pay everything, and if it requires the entire world to descend on the devil empire to restore what was taken from them, so be it. Not one ill-gotten penny should remain in the coffers of the west, not until their victims are made whole, and then mercy (that they have never had for others) can be considered. The entire world needs to unite on this principle, to ensure that the crackerverse never gets haughty ideas of world domination again- that even the damnable thought of it never rises again.

    The US/collective west best make amends while they still have the time, and while they still haven’t pushed past the point of no return. But they won’t. And they will pay for it and pay in full, they must be made to.