He Plenary of Congress approved to declare as a “terrorist organization” to the Los Soles Cartelband linked to the Venezuela regime, led by the dictator Nicolás Maduro. The motion presented by the parliamentary group of Popular renewal He was accepted with 73 votes in favor. However, 27 congressmen voted against and 5 in abstention.
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The approved proposal was in the same line as other countries as Ecuador, Argentina and Paraguaywho described this group as a threat to the national population.
Motion approved in Congress
According to the motion of the parliamentary group, this request is due to the “serious risk that their operations for the democratic stability of the country represent, as well as for the safety of all citizens.”
In the same way, with the approval in the Plenary he “urges the Executive Branch to adopt the necessary measures in the field of foreign policy, security and national defense, so that Peru joins the international community in the frontal struggle against this criminal organization.”
Now, it remains in the hands of DINA BOLUARTE GOVERNMENT formalize the motion approved in Congress or reject it, as it creates it convenient. “Transcribe and send this motion to the Executive Power so that within the framework of their powers they take the corresponding actions to protect the rule of law, internal security and democracy in the country.”
This proposal was approved after the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the United States Department of the Treasury concluded that the Suns Cartel is led by Maduro and senior officials of its administration. It was also indicated that this organization provides supplies to other groups, such as the Aragua train and the Sinaloa cartel. For this reason, since July 25, the cartel has been classified as part of terrorist organizations globally.
Ecuador, Paraguay and Argentina have already declared the Los Soles Cartel as a terrorist organization
Subsequently, several countries cataloged the aforementioned organization as a terrorist. Ecuador was the first to do so, declaring on August 15 that said cartel constitutes “a threat to the national population, the established order, the sovereignty and integrity of the State.” Then, Paraguay adopted a similar measure through a decree signed by President Santiago Peña on August 21. Argentina joined this list on August 26.
With that context, the legislative proposal based its application in line with “what democratic nations such as Argentina, Ecuador and Paraguay have already carried out.”
