That’s not why, it’s just the official justification and the charges we’ll use to keep him.

Also good to read the Hernández indictment from 2022[1] and the press release at the time[2].

> Maduro and Other High Ranking Venezuelan Officials Allegedly Partnered With the FARC to Use Cocaine as a Weapon to “Flood” the United States

> Hernández Allegedly Partnered with Some of the Largest Cocaine Traffickers in the World to Transport Tons of Cocaine through Honduras to the United States

[1] https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21698603-us-v-juan-o...

[2] https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/juan-orlando-hern%C3...

I'm generally confused about how the US DOJ has jurisdiction in Venezuela.

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keep that american imperialism propaganda bullshit narrative to yourself.

I mean the real answer to "why" is probably going to be pretty boring considering the nature of this administration.

That's not to say that the steelmanned "why" isn't much more interesting than the real "why".

Whoever is telling you it is about drugs is lying.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/02/trump-honduras-pard...