Trump Seizes Luxury Cars Destined For Venezuelan Leaders
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The United States confiscated 81 vehicles that were aimed at the Nicolás Maduro regime in Venezuela, valued at $ 3.2 million, authorities from the Department of Homeland Security, in charge of the investigation, reported.”The 81 vehicles would be fraudulently exported to Venezuela,” the National Security authorities reported through the press department. According to the preliminary information from the investigation, the vehicles were acquired in the United States by fraudulent methods, with the purpose of evading the sanctions that the Venezuelan regime faces in this nation.
The seizure took place at the port of Fort Laudardale, in South Florida, during an “operation against international vehicle smuggling,” authorities said. The team in charge of the investigation determined that the vehicles would be illegally exported from the Florida to Venezuela in clear violation of the laws.Among the seized vehicles are from low-end motor vehicles such as a Toyota Corolla valued at $ 20,000 to high-end vehicles such as a SUV Mercedes Biturbo with a value of $ 150,000, reported the National Communication Center, web portal of the presidency in charge of Venezuela, headed by Juan Guaidó. Some of the vehicles are equipped with items that are used by police forces such as lights and sirens, which were destined for the National Police of the Venezuelan regime.The seizure was made on June 16. This Wednesday, July 8, the authorities offered details about the operation that ended with the confiscation of the cargo of vehicles.According to the investigation, businessman Raúl Gorrín, who is accused in the US for his alleged connection to a plot of millionaire bribes to high officials of the Nicolás Maduro regime and money laundering, would be involved in this operation. Additionally, he is suspected of using shell companies in South Florida to buy the vehicles and send them to Venezuela for use by top dictatorship officials and their families, according to the National Communication Center.