Charges against Maduro reveal that a Pdvsa plane was allegedly used by the regime to transport
cocaine shipments in Venezuela
The case against the former president also describes a scheme involving irregular contracts and corruption within Pdvsa.
A plane belonging to state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) was allegedly used to transport drug shipments under the protection of the Bolivarian National Guard. According to a court filing submitted to a federal court in New York, the operation was linked to Nicolás Ernesto Maduro Guerra, known as “Nicolasito,” the son of Nicolás Maduro, and allegedly took place between 2014 and 2015 on the island of Margarita, Venezuela.