Machado: Nicolás Maduro Runs the Tren de Aragua Transnational Gang
Maria Corina Machado · From Prosperity to Ruins: Venezuela’s Fight for Freedom · Joe Lonsdale · Aug 21, 2025 · at 5:43
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado explains the nexus between the Venezuelan state and transnational criminal networks to Joe Lonsdale.
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“Maduro has promoted criminal structures and gangs, such as the Trenderagua that operates It's from Canada to Argentina, but the head of the Trendera is Maduro, and it's the same with the drug cartels.”
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