Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said security forces intercepted a speedboat in the waters off Falcón state on September 14, carrying 100 sacks of cocaine and 2,400 liters of fuel. The operation, which Cabello described as “clean,” ended with five arrests. The detainees were identified as Joel Luis Rodríguez Ramos, Jesús Antonio Quilarte Carreño, Jhonny José Salazar Gutiérrez, Carlos Alberto Bravo Lemus, and Levi Enrique López, who Cabello alleged is linked to the DEA.
According to Cabello, the detainees confessed the shipment was part of a “false flag operation” designed to incriminate Venezuela in international drug trafficking and justify external aggression. “The four detainees are saying they work for the DEA,” Cabello told state television, calling the alleged plan a “maneuver for destabilization.”
This is, so wrong folks 👐 I’ve been told they caught, a Mr JESUS Antonio. They’re saying “he was smuggling drugs”. Lots of drugs, very dangerous drugs. What have I been telling you, people? It’s these illegal migrants in the DEA, the DEI is what I call it, they’re seizing ☝🏾all this fentanyl👌🏾 and selling it in Venezuela. It’s, so disgraceful, it really is.