Federal authorities seize plane regularly used by Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro ha articles

Civil authorities seized a aeroplane regularly used by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in South Florida on Monday morning, in an enforcement action stemming from US  warrants against his government.  

The aeroplane , used by Maduro for  particular and professional reasons, was flown from the Dominican Republic, where he was detained, to Fort Lauderdale's Administrative field,  officers said. The seizure was a  common operation by the Departments of Homeland Security, Justice and Commerce, as well as other civil agencies. Homeland Security examinations was in charge of bringing the aeroplane to the United states.

The aircraft is a Dassault Falcon 900EX, a French-  erected commercial  spurt, with blue and red stripes and a white body. The aeroplane  has been  proved as  preliminarily visiting St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Cuba and Brazil,  frequently with Maduro on board. The aircraft appears to be  presently registered in the European Republic of San Marino. The prefix on the aircraft enrollment , T7, is the  nation mark for aircraft registered in a landlocked microstate within Italy.

The seizure of the plane represents the latest escalation in strained relations between Venezuela and the United States, which have been exacerbated by recent elections in which Maduro claimed victory despite widespread evidence from the political opposition and media analysis that the government The results were fraudulent.

According to Federal Aviation Administration public records, the plane's registration in the United States was canceled in January 2023, as it was exported to St. Vincent and the Grenadines. FAA records show that a Florida-based company sold it to a limited liability company there, but St. Vincent and the Grenadines company registry records do not show a company by that name. Records also show that the plane was quickly flown to San Marino.

The sale of the aircraft by a third country could constitute a violation of US sanctions on Venezuela. Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves congratulated Maduro on his recent election victory. However, it is not clear whether the government of the Caribbean country knew about the sale of the plane.

Not the first seized plane

Earlier this year, the U.S. government seized a Boeing cargo plane in the Miami area that a sanctioned Iranian airline had transferred to a Venezuelan company in violation of federal export control laws, the Justice Department said.

What was sold? The 747-300M plane, which flew from Argentina to Miami in February, was owned by Mahan Air, an Iranian company targeted by the US government for supporting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force, officials said.

The Islamic Force is a branch of the Iranian military and has been designated a terrorist organization by the United States. The Department of Justice, with assistance from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami, obtained a seizure warrant to seize the plane in July 2022 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where it arrived on a jet at Miami-Opa-Luca Executive Airport in Miami. Grounded. Dade County.

Since 2008, the Commerce Department has issued and renewed orders prohibiting Mahan Air from "engaging in any transaction involving the export of any goods from the United States." Mahan Air violated the order in October 2021 when it sold Boeing aircraft to Venezuela's state-owned cargo company Amtrasor without US approval. More violations occurred when a Venezuelan cargo airline flew from Caracas to Tehran and Moscow between February and May 2022, officials said.

Over a half-billion dollars seized

Since targeting Venezuelan government corruption in 2017, Homeland Security Investigations and the U.S. Attorney's Office have seized more than half a billion dollars in bank accounts — as well as luxury real estate properties, show horses , high-priced watches, expensive cars and a super. The yacht.

According to federal authorities, the assets belonged to dozens of high-ranking Venezuelan government officials and businessmen who committed bribery and money laundering schemes involving state oil company PDVSA.

Almost all of the defendants charged in South Florida have been convicted of laundering tainted money into the banking system of the United States, Switzerland and other countries. A handful of others are still awaiting trial or have died under indictment.

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