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Years active | 1993–present |
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Territory | Venezuela |
Ethnicity | Venezuelan and Venezuelan-American (Florida and Texas operations) |
Leader(s) | Nicolás Maduro (alleged) Mario Camara (alleged) Tareck El Aissami (suspected) |
Activities | Drug trafficking, arms trafficking, money laundering |
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The Cartel of the Suns (Spanish: Cartel de los Soles) is a Venezuelan organization supposedly headed by high-ranking members of the Armed Forces of Venezuela who are involved in international drug trade.[1] According to Héctor Landaeta, journalist and author of Chavismo, Narco-trafficking and the Military, the phenomenon began when Colombian drugs began to enter into Venezuela from corrupt border units and the "rot moved its way up the ranks."[2]