John Cornyn: “A Venezuelan businessman was also found to have provided…”

“For example, in 2020, Adele El Zavayar, a former Venezuelan official and political ally of Nicolas Maduro, was indicted in the Southern District of New York for facilitating cocaine and weapons trafficking between his own government and Hezbollah. A Venezuelan businessman was also found to have provided resources to Hezbollah, including ideological and military training and networks for illicit trafficking for drugs and weapons. Notwithstanding the impressive work of the UN intelligence community, Maduro has not exactly been secretive about who his friends and who his enemies are.” (07:19–07:33)

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