CARACAS, Venezuela — President Donald Trump's administration has ramped up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by designating the Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization. But the entity that the U.S. government alleges is led by Maduro is not a cartel per se.

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President Donald Trump's administration has increased pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by designating the Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization

The move Monday is part of the Trump administration's escalating campaign to combat drug trafficking into the United States

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has accused it of being responsible for terrorist violence in the Western Hemisphere

The term Cartel de los Soles originally referred to Venezuelan milit

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