This Thursday, the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, a prosecutor of the Dominican Republic and a representative of the US security forces hit a sign that said “seized” on the Dassault Falcon 200 plane with Venezuelan flag. This is the second plane seized to the administration of Maduro
During his visit to the Dominican Republic, the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, He confiscated a second plane from the administration of Nicolás Maduro.
According to Bloomberg, Rubio moved to a military landing floor of Santo Domingo: before the cameras, a prosecutor of the Dominican Republic and a representative of the US security forces hit a sign that said “seized” on the Dassault Falcon 200 plane with Venezuelan flag with a Venezuelan flag .
To make the seizure of the plane effective, Rubio signed a request for freezing exemption of foreign aid to pay more than 230,000 dollars in storage and maintenance installments. In addition, it required the approval of the Department of Justice.
The confiscated aircraft is a Dassault Falcon 200 that has been used by Maduro and high advisors of his, including vice president of Cy Rodríguez, the Minister of Defense, General in Chief Vladimir Padrino López, to travel to several countries, including Greece, Turkey , Russia and Cuba. For Donald Trump’s government, they are violations of Washington’s sanctions.
*Also read: US seized in the Dominican Republic plane used by Nicolás Maduro
The plane that used Delcy Rodríguez, was initially arrested by the Dominican authorities in 2024, during the government of Joe Biden, but the process for American confiscated him for apparent violations of the sanctions was completed only after Donald Trump possessed in the position on January 20.
The second plane seized by the US to Venezuela, this February 6, 2025, was used by the vice president of the Rodríguez and others to function
The first plane seized by the US to the Maduro administration. In 2024, it was used by Maduro_ a Falcon Ex model with acronym T7EsPRT with registration in the Republic of San Marino. In that case, violation of the sanctions was also argued.
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