Hezbollah has also been active in Venezuela's southern neighbor of Colombia. The US Treasury Department has linked Lebanese Colombian drug kingpin Ayman Joma his network to Hezbollah as well. In 2012, the department designated several members of Joma's network network, including Ali Mohammed Salah under the Department under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. Saleh was a former Hezbollah fighter who led a Hezbollah support cell in Colombia, solicited donations for Hezbollah from local business owners and residents, and acted as a liaison to Hezbollah's Foreign Relations Department and its operations in Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. (04:05–04:18)
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Asserts that members of a drug network were designated under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act in 2012.
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