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US plans to seize Venezuelan president's plane held in Dominican Republic during Rubio visit
WWL Radio 870 New Orleans ^ | February 6, 2025 | Associated Press

Posted on 02/06/2025 7:06:30 AM PST by Macho MAGA Man

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The Trump administration plans to seize a second plane belonging to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ’s government that is currently in the Dominican Republic.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio intends to announce the seizure on Thursday during a visit to Santo Domingo, the last stop of his five nation tour of Central America, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter and a State Department document obtained by The Associated Press.

Carrying out the seizure required that Rubio sign off on a foreign aid freeze waiver request to pay more than $230,000 in storage and maintenance fees. It also required approval by the U.S. Department of Justice.

That waiver request, submitted early last week, has been approved and Rubio is expected to make the announcement at what the State Department has described publicly as only a “law enforcement engagement.”

The plane is a Dassault Falcon 200 that has been used by Maduro and top aides, including his vice president and defense minister, to travel the world, including visits to Greece, Turkey, Russia and Cuba, in what Washngton says are violations of U.S. sanctions, according to the document.

The seizure of the plane comes just a week after President Donald Trump's envoy for special missions, Richard Grenell, visited Caracas and met with Maduro to discuss the repatriation of Venezuelan nationals who illegally entered the United States. Grenell returned with six Americans who had been detained in Venezuela.

(Excerpt) Read more at audacy.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: leakers; leaks; maduro; marcorubio; trump; unnamedsources; venezuela
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1 posted on 02/06/2025 7:06:30 AM PST by Macho MAGA Man
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To: Macho MAGA Man

seizing this plane doesn’t hurt the people and reminds the people some one is an elite.

Trump has more on the negotiation table he wants.


2 posted on 02/06/2025 7:13:50 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Seize it and use it to deport illegals straight to Venezuela.


3 posted on 02/06/2025 7:18:32 AM PST by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Fake news?? Sounds kinda stupid to advertise it. so....MMM is up to his same tricks.


4 posted on 02/06/2025 7:22:35 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Bon of Babble

Great idea 💡


5 posted on 02/06/2025 7:22:38 AM PST by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical object)
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To: Sacajaweau
--- "...kinda stupid to advertise it...."

__ "according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter."

Tell me you're gonna take my car tomorrow, and it will be hidden from you today. Kinda stupid it is.

But then the legacy media is still busy hiding sources behind "Not gonna name the person we heard it from, and you can't make us..."

6 posted on 02/06/2025 7:31:41 AM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: PeterPrinciple

Trump has a traitor. Who the hell told the rats at AP there was a plan to do this?


7 posted on 02/06/2025 7:32:50 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

The plane is secure and safe to steal, it’s been held at the US puppet country Dominican Republic.


8 posted on 02/06/2025 7:36:22 AM PST by Karl Spooner (My 30th year of usiing colloidal silver - when needed)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

I guess I missed the reason for the seizure (if true). Was it stolen?


9 posted on 02/06/2025 7:40:16 AM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

The more I think about it, it is like putting a horse’s head in his bed. It is personal to maduro, says I can get to you anytime I want.

A tariff, also of use, but would affect the people, but this is personal.


10 posted on 02/06/2025 7:42:39 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ’s government that is currently in the Dominican Republic.


a question. Why is the plane there and not in Venezuela?


11 posted on 02/06/2025 7:44:27 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: PeterPrinciple

WAS IT REAGAN WHO SENT GHADDAFI THE COORDINATES OF HIS TENT???


12 posted on 02/06/2025 7:45:34 AM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: PeterPrinciple

and also, this puts DR in the spotlight. They have to make a public choice now.


13 posted on 02/06/2025 7:45:56 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: gibsonguy
Trump has a leaker traitor. Who the hell told the rats at AP there was a plan to do this?

Ditto the Gaza reporting.

It didn't take long for them to start.

14 posted on 02/06/2025 7:47:12 AM PST by 4Runner (Watch. Wallet. Gun. Right foot! Left foot! Sweet Liberty Valens! Thank God for Guns! --Denny Crane)
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To: libertylover

It boils down to “Rules based order”, not law. This is the 2nd plane snatched with the cool word “sanctions” according to this article:

https://apnews.com/article/justice-department-venezuela-maduro-sanctions-cceb18c18908a5d3bd4ea691ac3a8d7d


15 posted on 02/06/2025 7:50:38 AM PST by Karl Spooner (My 30th year of usiing colloidal silver - when needed)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

$230,000 in storage and maintenance fees

Note to self. Park plane in the economy lot when I visit the Dominican republic.


16 posted on 02/06/2025 7:57:55 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Karl Spooner
---- "...secure and safe to steal...."

What a delightful phrase, suggesting this event begun last September is "quickly" coming to an end. Apparently this event was begun under Merrick Garland, the plane is registered to some individual, and not to the Venezuelan government. Ah, tangled webs.

And probably "look over there, a squirrel." Why?

"A large portion of the year's export gains came from U.S. oil major Chevron's shipments of Venezuelan crude to the U.S. under a license in place since early 2023. That license has allowed the producer to recover millions of dollars in outstanding debt from Venezuela.

"China top receiver, U.S. second. In total, Venezuela's oil exports to the U.S. soared 64% to some 222,000 bpd last year, making it its second-largest export market behind China, which took 351,000 bpd, down 18% compared to the prior year."

Source: Venezuela's 2024 oil exports climb 10.5% amid political turmoil, refinery outages 3 January 2025.

So, look! Da plane! Da plane!
17 posted on 02/06/2025 8:01:15 AM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: libertylover
>Was it stolen?

If you take 'it' for Venezuela, yes! Although by that logic someone could have impounded Air Farce One the past four years.

18 posted on 02/06/2025 8:02:58 AM PST by JohnBovenmyer (MAGA urge to purge the dirge of O'Biden's scourge and splurge)
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To: Larry Lucido

Yeah, especially if you don’t support the global homo agenda. Our government labels that as a Human Rights Violation and sanctions may apply at any time at their whim.


19 posted on 02/06/2025 8:06:36 AM PST by Karl Spooner (My 30th year of usiing colloidal silver - when needed)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

They need to send the airplane repo guys. Film it as an episode.


20 posted on 02/06/2025 8:11:21 AM PST by 6ppc (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act -George Orwell)
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