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BREAKING: U.S. Seizes Venezuelan President’s Plane (VIDEO) Citing “National Security”

By Joshua C. 

 

BREAKING NEWS:  Reports are coming out that U.S. Authorities have seized the plane of Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela, from the airport tarmac in the Dominican Republic this morning.

From Fox News:

“This morning, the Justice Department seized an aircraft we allege was illegally purchased for $13 million through a shell company and smuggled out of the United States for use by Nicolás Maduro and his cronies,” U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement. “The Department will continue to pursue those who violate our sanctions and export controls to prevent them from using American resources to undermine the national security of the United States.”

(emphasis added)

Questions are already beginning to swirl.

Was this high-profile seizure designed to send a big signal to President Maduro, but was otherwise just the daily business of enforcing current U.S. sanctions against Venezuela?  Or were there reasons directly pertaining to the national security of the United States — as the U.S. Attorney General seemed to indicate in his statement — behind this morning’s high-profile seizure of Maduro’s plane?

As this is still breaking news, no details have emerged clarifying the relation between U.S. national security and the seizure of Maduro’s plane, as the U.S. Attorney General has indicated…

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