Illustrative photo from the secret police
The United States confiscated Nicholas Maduro's plane in the Dominican Republic after determining that his acquisition was violated by US sanctions, among other criminal sources, reports CNN in a message sent to the news agency.
According to two American officials, the United States flew the plane to Florida on Monday, April 2.
Officials called the plane the Venezuelan equivalent of Air Force One, and it was photographed during the hour of Maduro's latest power visits to the world.
"This powers the knowledge right up to the top. The burial of a flight of the head of a foreign power is insignificant for criminal records. We would like to make it clear that no one is above the law, no one is subject to US sanctions,” — one US official told CNN.
The plane, whose value is estimated at about 13 million dollars, spent the remaining months in the Dominican Republic. American officials have not disclosed the reasons, but this made it possible for American officials to seize the plane.
A number of federal agents were captured before the burial, including domestic security investigations, commercial agents, and industrial bureaus Security and safety Ministry of Justice. According to one of the US officials, US officials closely cooperated with the Dominican Republic, which informed Venezuela about the confiscation.
One of the next steps after the arrival of the US skatsiya, then the order of Venezuela is the possibility of filing a fuss about it, as well as collecting evidence from the flight.
Prepared by: Nina Petrovich