U.S. to designate Venezuela-based Cartel de los Soles as terrorist organization

The Trump administration said it intends to designate a Venezuelan-based drug cartel as a foreign terrorist organization, amid signals that it may take military action against the Caribbean nation.

The State Department announced Sunday that it "intends" to designate Cartel de los Soles. The designation will go into effect Nov. 24.

It claimed, without providing proof, that the cartel was "headed" by Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro, a longtime foe of Trump, and other high-ranking regime officials.

"Cartel de los Soles by and with other designated FTOs including Tren de Aragua and the Sinaloa Cartel are responsible for terrorist violence throughout our hemisphere as well as for trafficking drugs into the

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