How Maduro’s Ouster Will Shift Criminal Dynamics in Venezuela
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US President Donald Trump insisted that the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has removed the “kingpin of a vast criminal network,” but it will not upend the Venezuelan government’s permissive stance toward organized crime.
Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, also snatched in the US raid, are facing trial in a federal court in New York, but Vice President Delcy Rodríguez has stepped up, and many other top leaders remain. This means the Chavista regime retains its power and will likely use its ties to organized crime to cling to it.
However, continued threats from the United States mean Venezuela is likely to see an evolution of the system of hybrid criminal governance instituted by Maduro to retain his hold on power amid economic collapse.
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