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Marco Rubio: “The leader of that cartel is now in US Custody and facing US…”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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Marco Rubio says Maduro's capture 'not a war against Venezuela': Full interview

Published | Video Starts at 00:51

And we continue to reserve the right to take strikes against drug boats that are bringing drugs towards the United States, that are being operated by transnational criminal organizations, including the Cartel de la Souls. Of course, their leader, The leader of that cartel is now in US Custody and facing US justice in the Southern district of New York, and that's Nicolas Maduro. So we made big progress in that regard. Mr. Secretary, who is in charge? Are you running Venezuela right now? Yeah, I mean, I keep people, you know, fixating on that. (00:51–01:00)

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Asserts that Nicolas Maduro is in U.S. custody and facing justice in New York.

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