Panama City. – He president From Panama, José Raúl Mulino, he said on Thursday, September 11 that he does not rule out to designate the Venezuelan criminal organization Los Soles Cartel as a terrorist organization.
“The truth is told … I have not analyzed it yet, but I will see it … I will not shake my hand to do it, if you have to do it,” Mulino said during a press conference.
He also said he will think about the possibility of the designation because the members of the Los Soles Cartel “after all” are terrorists. Mulino also indicated that the national intelligence reports that it manages indicates that the Venezuelan organization has no important impact on Panama drug trafficking.
“Maybe it has it indirectly, of course. All drug trafficking that passes here affects us a lot. Here the Gulf Cartel has worked very hard, for example,” he said.
The administration of President Donald Trump designated as terrorist groups, for being a threat to the security of the United States, to the train cartels, Sinaloa and Los Soles. Several countries have joined the designation.
A week ago, the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, described the dictator Nicolás Maduro as a fugitive from US justice. The Trump government a reward of 50 million dollars per Maduro whom he points out as leader of the Los Soles Cartel, a narcoterrorist group that is a danger to US security.
In addition, of Maduro the US authorities point out that this cartel is made up of ministers Diosdado Cabello and Vladimir Padrino López, general in chief, as well as other Venezuelan military.
European Parliament
The European Parliament approved a resolution that asks the European Union (EU) to include the Los Sol Cartel in its list of terrorist organizations. The resolution had 355 votes in favor and 173 against.
In their decision, the parliamentarians pointed out that “the cartels of the drug And the transnational crime structures, including the Los Soles poster in Venezuela, support terrorism by supporting armed groups inside and outside Colombia; and supply weapons, financial flows and safe shelters through the border, which worsens regional instability and undermines Colombia’s sovereignty and democracy. “
