Venezuela calls us the seizure of aircraft ‘Brezen Chori’
Venezuela has accused the US of “Brezen theft” after seizing one of its government aircraft in the Republic of Dominican.
US State Secretary Marco Rubio on Thursday oversee the aircraft – America’s second Venezuela aircraft has seized less than a year in the Caribbean country.
US officials said that there were legal basis for seizure, “Based on American restrictions, export control and violation of money laundering”. Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry called Rubio a “aircraft thief”.
The US has long implemented a variety of restrictions on Venezuela, described as criminality, corruption and repression under Nicholas Maduro, leader of the South American nation.
Recently, this Put financial sanctions on a fleet of Venezuela officials In response to the result of a presidential election last year, Maduro was re -elected. The US, among others, has combated official consequences, which the opposition says that they were doctored in favor of Maduro.
Rubio, a prominent man in the new Trump administration, oversee the seizure of Dassault Falcon 200 Jet on a trip to a military airstrip in Dominican capital Santo Domingo at the last stop of his Latin American tour.
He told reporters on Thursday: “The message is that when there are restrictions because they are violating human rights, they are violating a full range of things, traveling to Iran, helping those countries. Which actually harm the United States.
“These restrictions are going to be implemented and reinforced.”
The US was detained last year by the Dominican Republic officials when the US said it had violated unilateral US sanctions against Venezuela.
Venezuela officials used the aircraft to fly to Greece, Turkey, Russia, Nicaragua and Cuba, and according to the US State Department, took it to the Republic of Dominican for maintenance.
Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry stated that it would “take all necessary action to condemn the theft and demand immediate return of its aircraft”.
In September, under the then President Joe Biden, the US seized the first Venezuela government aircraft in the Republic of Dominican, which was used to transport President Maduro on international visits.
