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SummaryPatrick Byrne appeared on Alex Jones’ show to reveal a letter written by Hugo Carvajal, former head of Venezuelan military intelligence (2017 defector, currently imprisoned in New York on narco-terrorism charges).Key claims made in Carvajal’s letter and in the interview:Carvajal offers full cooperation with U.S. authorities, including turning over videotapes of election-rigging negotiations in dozens of countries.Venezuela, under Chávez and Maduro, deliberately weaponized the drug trade as a state policy (coordinated with Cuba, FARC, ELN, and Hezbollah) to attack the United States.Venezuelan regime created and armed criminal gangs (“colectivos” and Tren de Aragua) and exported criminality.In 2015, Carvajal was present...

“This isn’t just about Maduro. This is the final nail in the coffin for the CIA-black-budget narco pipeline that’s been running since the 80s.” —The Ghost of Ezra on “X”. CIA Headquarters, Langley, Va. You must wonder: what exactly has CIA Director John Ratcliffe been doing over in Langley, VA, lo these many months since things changed bigly in Swamptopia? Does he wander the hallways of that giant black box howling ineffectually. . . sit barricaded in his office playing sudoku. . . or is he doing what needs to be done: methodically uncovering and disassembling the diabolical racketeering operation...

Trump Treasury Dept Quietly Sanctions Venezuela’s “Cartel del Sol” as Global Terrorists Cartel del Sol, led by @NicolasMaduro , has just been designated as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist organization by the @USTreasury . This isn’t just a drug cartel. It’s a narco-terrorist regime involved in drug and human trafficking, money laundering, election interference, and support for terror groups like Tren de Aragua and the Sinaloa Cartel. @SecRubio didn’t hold back: “Maduro is not the president of Venezuela. He’s the head of Cartel del Sol, a narco-terror organization that’s taken possession of a country.” And now, sources say a scathing...