Is Donald Trump attacking #Venezuela2025?
No.
The current U.S. administration is not waging a war against Venezuela.
It is carrying out an operation targeting the criminal network known as the Cartel of the Suns, which the U.S. considers a terrorist organization embedded within the Venezuelan state.
What is the Cartel of the Suns?
It is not a traditional cartel like Sinaloa.
It is a criminal network operating inside state institutions, made up of:
• Army generals (the “suns” are their military insignia).
• High-ranking officers from security and intelligence agencies.
• Certain political figures within the Chavista regime.
What do they do?
• Control cocaine trafficking routes to the Caribbean, Central America, and Europe.
• Use state institutions as protection, logistics, and cover.
• Launder money through PDVSA, gold from the Orinoco Mining Arc, and regime-controlled banks.
• Finance political machinery and influence networks inside and outside Venezuela.
Who has documented this?
• The DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration)
• The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ)
• The United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela
• Evidence submitted in cases linked to the International Criminal Court (ICC)
It is organized crime at the highest levels of the Venezuelan state.