In a twist that feels like a scene from a financial espionage novel, American victims of kidnappings carried out by Colombia’s FARC are set to receive compensation with money stolen from the Venezuelan people by…
Exclusive testimonies indicate that key managers were receiving high-end trucks ($90,000 USD) and trips as “extra-legal” benefits. The report reveals the allegations, links to shell companies, and the crucial evidence that is still needed to…
A resolution introduced by left-leaning Democrats in the House of Representatives aims to compel President Trump to withdraw U.S. troops from military operations in the Southern Caribbean aimed at combating drug trafficking. The text invokes…
Francisco Convit Guruceaga might not be a household name, but he plays a key role in one of the largest money laundering and corruption cases involving the Venezuelan elite. Since 2018, this businessman, grandson of…
A Honduran citizen, Carlos Humberto Henríquez Gómez, has been sentenced to over 18 years in prison for his involvement in an international drug trafficking operation that transported more than 1.3 tons of cocaine from Venezuela…
In a groundbreaking move in the fight against organized crime, the Paraguayan Senate has approved a crucial declaration. The text urges the Executive Branch to designate the “Cartel de los Soles” as an international terrorist…
In March 2020, the United States Department of Justice made a significant judicial move: a federal indictment against Nicolás Maduro and other top Venezuelan officials, charging them with operating the Cartel de los Soles, a…
The designation of the Cartel of the Suns as a specially designated global terrorist organization (SDGT) by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury is not without cause,…
The Southern District Court of New York, led by Judge Vernon S. Broderick, has scheduled the sentencing hearing for Carlos Orense Azócar on October 8, 2025. The original date, set for August 11, was postponed…
The leader of Los Choneros, extradited from Ecuador, is facing formal charges in the U.S. for international cocaine trafficking and firearm use. The prosecution has labeled him as a “significant danger. José Adolfo Macías Villamar,…
A Venezuelan pilot accused of drug trafficking in the United States, who has been held for six years in the Cayman Islands without charges, is pleading with the governor and the courts for his freedom…
In Sin Filtros, we detail the hearing scheduled for October 29 before the sentencing of the former head of the Venezuelan intelligence service, accused by the U.S. of drug terrorism offenses. Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein…
In a coordinated effort aimed at cracking down on transnational criminal networks, the United States Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions against key leaders of the Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan organization designated as…
In a decisive move to curb the expansion of transnational organized crime, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, through the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), announced the inclusion of six high-ranking members of the…
In the latest episode of Sin Filtros, Maibort Petit explores the complex power dynamics between the United States, Venezuela, and Nicolás Maduro’s regime. With only a few months before the presidential elections in the U.S.…