Wanted Terror Suspect Entered U.S. Under Biden Admin, Got Commercial Truck License
Federal officials say Akhror Bozorov, a 31-year-old wanted terrorist from Uzbekistan, illegally entered the US in February 2023, was released by the Biden administration, and later obtained both work authorization and a commercial truck driver’s license in Pennsylvania, according to the NY Post.
He was arrested in Kansas this month while working as a trucker, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin condemned the sequence of events, saying, “Not only was Akhror Bozorov — a wanted terrorist — released into the country by the Biden administration, but … he was also given a commercial driver’s license by Governor [Josh] Shapiro’s Pennsylvania,” adding, “This should go without saying, but terrorist illegal aliens should not be operating 18-wheelers on America’s highways.”
The NY Post writes that authorities say Bozorov had an active warrant in Uzbekistan for belonging to a terrorist group, recruiting members, and spreading jihadist propaganda online. Despite that, officials said he was granted work authorization in 2024 and then a Pennsylvania commercial license under Gov. Shapiro.
McLaughlin also accused current leadership of failing to protect national security, stating, “Biden and Mayorkas allowed countless terrorists to come into our country. President Trump and Secretary [Kristi] Noem unleashed ICE to target these national security threats.”
The Trump administration’s deportation surge is already producing major results. In Houston alone, ICE has arrested nearly 3,600 criminal illegal aliens in a single operation, among them 51 individuals with child-sex offenses and 67 convicted sex offenders.
These arrests are directly tied to the president’s new focus on narco-terrorism and cartel supply chains.
Houston has long served as a major distribution hub for both drugs and human trafficking; the scale of this operation underscores that the administration is targeting the worst offenders first.
? JUST IN: INCREDIBLE victory as ICE arrested nearly 3,600 criminal illegal aliens in HOUSTON during the federal government shutdown
Wow! They put in the WORK while Democrats shut down the country.
The sweep is part of a broader nationwide push that began with last week’s welfare-fraud raids, which recovered more than 24,400 missing migrant children from trafficking and exploitation networks across multiple states.
The Houston operation follows directly from last week’s high-impact raids in key locations, where ICE and local law enforcement zeroed in on criminal illegal aliens preying on communities.
In Florida, the state Highway Patrol’s “Operation Criminal Return” led to the arrest of 230 criminal aliens, including multiple child predators and sex offenders, who were then turned over to ICE for deportation.
Florida has been at the forefront of these efforts, with over 6,200 illegal aliens arrested statewide in recent weeks and handed off to federal authorities.
Similarly, in Charlotte, North Carolina, federal agents arrested 130 illegal migrants over a single weekend, many with serious criminal histories including assaults, DUIs, larcenies, and hit-and-runs.
CBP Charlotte Area Port Director Gregory Bovino noted the intensity: “We do expect that number to go up a lot,” adding that nearly 100 arrests occurred in just hours, creating a visible deterrent effect—reports indicate illegal migrants in the area are now “afraid to go outside” as agents saturate the city.
These actions underscore the Trump administration’s strategy of partnering with willing states to target exploitation rings that flourished under Biden’s open-border policies.
Meanwhile, Border Czar Tom Homan addressed criticism from Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC) following the Charlotte arrests, where agents removed convicted child rapists and murderers from her district:
“She can dislike it all she wants… You’d think she’d be hand-in-hand with us, thanking President Trump for focusing on the worst of the worst — child rapists and murderers,” Hooman urged.
He added, that Adams “needs to understand we’re enforcing the law. I mean, what other federal agency does she think should NOT enforce laws? We’re taking public safety threats out of her community every day, which makes her community safer. We’d like her to be a partner, but she doesn’t want it.”
? Tom Homan is DONE with Rep. Adams (D-NC) whining about DHS removing child r*pists & criminals from her community:
“We’re going to KEEP doing it. She can dislike it all she wants!”
“You THINK she’d be hand in hand with us, thanking Trump for prioritizing public safety threats?”
Homan’s response highlights a recurring theme from the recent operations: Democratic officials who previously decried child trafficking under Biden are now opposing the very enforcement that addresses it.
These coordinated efforts—from Florida’s predator takedowns to Charlotte’s rapid sweeps and now Houston’s massive haul—demonstrate the scale of the administration’s commitment to child safety and border security.
With hundreds of thousands more deportations projected, the focus remains on removing threats while safeguarding the vulnerable.
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President Sheinbaum Says No Way To US Strikes On Cartels In Mexico
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has again sought to stand up to President Donald Trump, on Tuesday repeating her rejection of any possibility of US military intervention against cartels on sovereign Mexican soil.
Trump has recently floated openness toward the possibility, and also Colombia, in exchanges with reporters related to the military build-up off Venezuela. “It’s not going to happen,” Sheinbaum said, according to The Associated Press. “He (Trump) has suggested it on various occasions, or he has said, ‘we offer you a United States military intervention in Mexico, whatever you need to fight the criminal groups.'”
Trump had been asked asked on Monday if he would seek the Mexican government’s permission before launching any potential strikes and responded that he “wouldn’t answer that question.” He added that he has been “speaking” with Mexico and that they “know how I stand.”
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump answered a question about potentially striking Mexico or sending American troops or other personnel into the country by saying it would be “OK with me.”
“Would I launch strikes in Mexico to stop drugs? OK with me, whatever we have to do to stop drugs. Mexico is — look, I looked at Mexico City over the weekend. There’s some big problems over there,” Trump said after he was asked whether he was considering such action.
The military campaign ongoing in the southern Caribbean and off Latin America is called “Operation Southern Spear,” per a prior announcement from Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth.
“We’ve stopped the waterways, but we know every route. We know every route, we know the addresses of every drug lord,” Trump had additionally explained.
“We know their address, we know their front door. We know everything about every one of them. They’re killing our people. That’s like a war. Would I do it? I’d be proud to.”
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected on Tuesday a potential U.S. military intervention in Mexico after President Donald Trump suggested the previous day he would support more aggressive measures against drug cartels, including ground strikes.
The question of US military action south of the border is not a completely ‘new’ one; however, Operation Southern Spear marks the first time in history that the Pentagon has parked this many US naval assets, including a carrier group, just off Latin America. It’s making leaders in the region very nervous, to say the least.
We turn on a faucet and clean water appears. We flip a switch and light fills a room. With the tap of a finger, we can access the sum total of human knowledge, entertainment, and communication. We not only expect these things, we consider them normal. But none of this is normal. It is extraordinary.
Here in the United States, nearly every home has running water, electricity, paved roads, refrigeration, sewage systems, and buildings engineered to withstand storms and time. Our daily lives operate inside a lattice of infrastructure so reliable we forget it exists. We drive across bridges without a single thought for the men who hung from steel beams suspended high above rivers to construct them. We rely on power lines without remembering that someone once risked freezing temperatures or electrical burns so that power could flow uninterrupted to our homes. We flush toilets without considering the generations of engineers and laborers who built systems to prevent disease and contamination.
Civilization did not happen by accident. It was built piece by piece by millions of people, many with blistered hands, injured bodies, and some who never made it home again.
Maybe I see it differently because I am a builder. I have built restaurants, farms, homes, and the systems required to keep them functioning. On my farm today, the water we drink comes from a well more than 400 feet deep. A pump brings it to the surface, and that pump has failed before. When it failed, the water stopped instantly. There was no gradual decline. No dishes washed. No showers. No drinking water. In those moments the illusion of modern certainty collapses and you remember that water is not convenience. It is survival.
Sometimes I imagine taking a woman from 1920, a farm wife hauling water and cooking over wood fire, washing laundry by hand, and placing her inside my home today. She would marvel. Running water. Heat with the turn of a dial. Electricity at every switch. Refrigeration that keeps food safe for weeks. A roof that holds out wind, rain, and cold without effort. She would likely cry, not from fragility, but from the overwhelming relief of a life no longer defined by constant physical labor simply to exist. Her gratitude would be immense. Ours, in comparison, barely exists.
I have even heard women today say, half joking, “What do we even need men for anymore?” as if modern convenience erased human nature, biology, or history. When I look around, I see reminders everywhere of the masculine drive to build, protect, and improve life for women and children. Nearly every piece of modern infrastructure, from highways to electrical grids to high rises and irrigation systems, was built by men. Not because women could not do it, but because historically men took on the dangerous, physically punishing work required to create safety and comfort for others. Over time, the reverence for that reality faded, and entitlement took its place.
Sometimes I sit quietly in my bedroom and truly look at what surrounds me. The bed I sleep on. The glass in the windows. The air conditioning humming softly. The walls and floors. The metal beams underneath. The insulation. The lumber. The roof. Nothing in that room appeared by magic. Every single piece was sourced, shaped, transported, hammered, welded, lifted, installed, repaired, and maintained. When you slow down enough to see it clearly, the truth becomes unavoidable. We are living inside the accomplishments of countless unnamed people.
Even those with very little financially still live with more comfort and security than kings and queens throughout most of history. The average American has food preservation better than royal cellars, climate control better than palaces, lighting more consistent than candlelit courts, and water safer than the wells civilizations depended on for centuries.
When we forget the cost of something, we stop valuing it. And when we stop valuing it, we stop protecting it.
Maybe the shift begins with awareness. The next time water flows from a faucet, pause for a breath and notice the miracle of it. When you flip a switch and darkness becomes light, remember the people who made that possible. When you step into a warm shower, remember that for most of human history, that experience did not exist at all.
Gratitude does not require guilt. It requires presence.
Whether we acknowledge it or not, we are living in an age of extraordinary abundance. The appropriate response to that abundance is not resentment, apathy, or expectation, but appreciation.
Views expressed in this article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times or ZeroHedge.
One-Party-Rule Failure: Democratic Kings Own Maryland’s Epic Demise
Maryland is facing severe economic difficulties under long-standing single-party progressivecontrol at the state, city, and even some local levels. Democrats function as the political “kings” of Maryland, and their far-left policies have pushed the state into an epic decline – all while Democratic Gov. Wes Moore is at the helm of the rudderless ship.
Decades of unhinged leftist political dominance in Annapolis and Baltimore City have coincided with a steady deterioration in Maryland’s charm. The state was recently slapped with the first credit-rating downgrade in 50 years, a ballooning budget deficit sparking crisis fears, soaring taxes, and criminal-justice and social-policy reforms that have led to crime and chaos in recent years – all while Democrats in the state prioritized illegal aliens over their constituents.
At the same time, a power bill crisis has emerged after failed green policies collided with the era of data centers. The affordability crisis in the Mid-Atlantic state is one of the main reasons why a large-scale exodus of residents has accelerated under Moore’s absolutely terrible leadership. Many in the state question if Moore serves Soros or other Democratic Party elites rather than actual residents in the state.
And we wonder why people think this way…
A recent 78-page report in the Comptroller’s “State of the Economy” outlined statistics that are optically displeasing, and Democrats hope people never find out, given that Moore is being positioned for a 2028 presidential election run.
And this.
The report’s findings reveal that Maryland has continued to experience net domestic outmigration since 2011.
Between 2010 and 2023, the state lost about 2.3 million residents to other states while only gaining around 2 million from elsewhere, creating a net drain that strains state finances through lost tax revenue.
The largest outflows went to Florida, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia, South Carolina, West Virginia, and Delaware, while the biggest inflows came from Washington, D.C., New York, and New Jersey. Outmigration worsened after the pandemic (2022–2024), with Maryland consistently ranking in the top 10 states for the largest net losses.
The terrible stats show Maryland’s demise:
Maryland experienced net domestic outmigration every year between 2011 and 2023. Overall, the state’s population still grew during this period due to the combination of international migration to Maryland and natural net population growth (birth minus deaths), but outmigration creates a strain on the state’s finances in the form of lost tax revenue
Between 2010 and 2023, Maryland lost a total of 2.3 million residents to other states, while approximately 2 million residents from other states moved into Maryland.
During this time period, Maryland lost the most residents to Florida, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia, South Carolina, West Virginia, and Delaware on a net basis; and gained the most residents from Washington, D.C., New York, and New Jersey on a net basis.
The most severe net domestic outmigration occurred post-pandemic (2022 – 2024). In each of these years, Maryland ranked in the top 10 of all U.S. states for the largest net loss of residents to domestic migration.
Prior to the pandemic, on a net basis, Maryland primarily lost older, higher-income residents (i.e. retirees). Since the pandemic, the net share of younger and lower- and middle-income residents leaving the state has increased. This finding suggests that pre-pandemic, factors like taxes and weather may have been more prominent drivers of migration decisions, while more recently, housing affordability and overall cost of living are having a greater effect
Since the Covid pandemic, outflows have shifted toward younger and lower- to middle-income households, suggesting that progressive policies are backfiring and sparking affordability and cost-of-living pressures.
Single-party rule in Maryland, or “Democrat Kings,” controls the legislature, the governor’s office, and the major city governments. This concentration of far-left toxic power has eroded internal oversight, and as local outlet Fox Baltimore reports:
Frustration is building in Maryland as the Democrat Kings raise taxes, services decline, infrastructure falters, crime remains elevated, business climate deteriorates, housing becomes unaffordable, and power bill costs explode. We’ve seen this exodus story before from Democrat Kings in California, New York, and Illinois, while common-sense red states like Florida and Texas see net population gains.
Researchers found that adult heart attack survivors who took specific vitamin D doses reduced their risk of developing another heart attack by more than half, compared with people who did not take the vitamin D dose.
Research done by Utah-based Intermountain Health found that there was a 52 percent lower risk of suffering another heart attack in people who already survived one and who received “personalized dosing of vitamin D supplements” to reach vitamin D levels of 40 nanograms per milliliter for around four years, said a news release from the American Heart Association (AHA).
That was compared to those who did not receive management of their vitamin D levels, the AHA said.
Over 85 percent of the people who enrolled in the study had vitamin D levels below that threshold, while nearly 52 percent in the study group had to take more than 5,000 international units (IU) of vitamin D per day to reach the blood target levels, the Nov. 9 release said. The 5,000 IU dose is around six times the 800 IU that is recommended by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) per day.
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“Previous clinical trial research on vitamin D tested the potential impact of the same vitamin D dose for all participants without checking their blood levels first,” Heidi T. May of Intermountain Health said in an AHA statement.
The researchers also checked the study participants’ vitamin D levels when they started the study, followed up, adjusting the dose as needed to reach a range of between 40 and 80 nanograms per milliliter, the statement said.
The authors of the paper suggested that their findings could allow health care providers to focus more on blood testing for people who had experienced heart attacks and to provide tailored doses for them.
While the AHA did not say what form of vitamin D was administered in the study, a separate news release issued by Intermountain Health said that the researchers used vitamin D3, the most common form used in dietary supplements.
In the statement, May said the researchers “observed no adverse outcomes when giving patients higher doses of vitamin D3 supplementation, and to significantly reduce the risk of another heart attack, which are exciting results.”
The study was presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2025 in New Orleans earlier this month. It enrolled 630 adults with acute coronary syndrome who were treated at the Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City from April 2017 to May 2023 and who had an average follow-up of 4.2 years for their condition.
The AHA said that around 107 major cardiac events, such as a heart attack, stroke, heart failure that required hospitalization, or death, occurred in the study period.
The paper released this month adds to a growing body of research around vitamin D supplementation and heart disease. Last year, a study found that taking vitamin D supplements doesn’t reduce the risk of cardiac arrest in older adults, while one published in the British Medical Journal showed there was an association between the supplements and major cardiac events among people over the age of 60.
Aside from supplements, foods that are considered rich in vitamin D include egg yolks, fatty fish, fish liver oil, and cheese, while some foods like cereal, orange juice, milk, and others are fortified with the vitamin. Vitamin D is also activated in the body when the skin is exposed to sunlight.
May added that her organization is encouraging those who have heart disease to speak to health care providers about targeted vitamin D dosing.
Watchdog: Chicago Public Schools Blew Millions On Trips, Spas, And Overseas Travel
A new investigation by Chicago Public Schools Inspector General Philip Wagenknecht shows overnight and travel spending in the district surged from about $300,000 in 2021 to nearly $8 million by 2024, according to WTTW.
His report says some staff exploited the district’s “lax, vague, inadequate and unenforced” rules, leading to “exorbitant” post-pandemic travel funded by taxpayers.
The OIG found CPS spent roughly $14.5 million on travel in 2023 and 2024, much of it for out-of-town conferences or overnight student trips.
WTTW writes that the probe began after an elementary school paid more than $20,000 for a staff trip to Egypt without approval; CPS canceled that trip and two others. Investigators later identified more than $142,000 spent by eight schools on overseas travel — including visits to Egypt, Finland, Estonia and South Africa — that featured “tourist activities of debatable value” such as camel rides, a game park visit and hot air balloon rides.
The report also highlighted Las Vegas conferences where more than 600 employees spent over $1.5 million between 2022 and 2024. One principal booked an unapproved $400-a-night suite for himself and his wife.
According to the report, “Nearly 90% of CPS attendees stayed in hotel rooms that exceeded CPS spending limits, and at least two dozen took round-trip Chicago-Las Vegas flights costing more than $1,000,” noting that when the same conference was held in Chicago, attendance was minimal.
The OIG urged CPS to keep seminars local, stating, “Rather than spend millions on professional development at resort spas, luxury hotels and overseas destinations, CPS should keep its educational seminars as close to home as possible.”
CPS has since restricted nearly all employee travel (as of Oct. 29) and created a Travel Review Committee. A spokesperson said the district takes the findings seriously, adding, “Chicago Public Schools remains unwavering in its commitment to fiscal responsibility and the success of our students,” and that CPS is committed “to protect our investments and resources.” The district said new financial systems should strengthen oversight.
Reiterating its mission, CPS stated, “The core mission of CPS is clear: to provide every student with a high-quality, rigorous, inclusive, and enriching education… and to reduce expenditures in a sustainable way.”
Trump Names Saudi Arabia A ‘Major Non-NATO Ally’ During MbS Candlelight Dinner Attended By Tech Moguls
Aside from a couple of hiccups involving exchanges with the press, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s (MbS) visit to the White House went well, after he came bearing massive gifts, especially a pledge for a whopping $1 trillion in US investment.
During the Tuesday night candlelight dinner in his honor, which was attended by Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Jensen Huang, Cristiano Ronaldo, the head of FIFA Gianni Infantino – and many other tech moguls and notable figures – President Trump took the opportunity to proclaim for the first time Saudi Arabia as a “major non-NATO ally” (MNNA).
This was based on the signing of a new security pact with MbS, called the US-Saudi Strategic Defense Agreement (SDA), during the earlier Oval Office visit.
“At tonight’s dinner, I’m happy to share that we are elevating our military partnership by officially naming Saudi Arabia a major non-NATO ally,” Trump said.
This newly designated status will give the kingdom preferential access to US military hardware, which as Trump also unveiled will include sales of F-35 fighter jets and 300 US-manufactured tanks.
To some degree the US-Saudi oil for weapons relationship has been cemented institutionally going all the way back to the 1970s, but talk of nuclear energy – and even the US providing a potential nuclear nuclear security umbrella – represents an escalation in strategic closeness and relations.
As part of this, the White House is further describing this as the “legal foundation for a decades-long, multi-billion-dollar nuclear energy partnership.”
But what else does the United States (and Israel) get out of this? MbS appears to now be ‘cooperating’ on a years-long effort for normalization of ties with Israel, after diplomacy was stalled for two years amid the Gaza War.
The crown prince told reporters, “We want to join the Abraham Accords, but we also need a clear pathway to a two-state solution.”
“We had a constructive discussion with the president, and we’re going to work together to create the right conditions as soon as possible,” he added.
As expected, all is well again despite years of Saudi Arabia being under a limited (and in reality somewhat mild) human rights spotlight:
The red carpet welcome for Prince Mohammed is an extraordinary moment in diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia. It is his first visit to the United States since the 2018 killing of the Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, which U.S. intelligence determined the prince ordered. Prince Mohammed has denied involvement.
After Mr. Khashoggi’s murder, some Western business executives and government officials backed out of Saudi Arabia’s global investment conference, including leaders of major American financial institutions. But by the following year, top deal makers were back at the event in Riyadh, the Saudi capital.
But apparently there’s nothing that Saudi petro-billions (or now Trillion) can’t fix – it covers a multitude of sins, and elites had already been flocking back to doing business with Riyadh over the last years.
Families of the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks aren’t happy either, given the mounting evidence of Saudi Arabia’s role in that as well. But America has a short memory and attention-span, apparently.
Ackman Floats “Immediately Actionable” Blueprint To Free Fannie And Freddie
Bill Ackman thinks he knows what to do to finally resolve the 16-year limbo trapping Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – the mortgage-finance pillars that remain under federal control over a decade after the financial crisis.
In a Tuesday presentation on X, the billionaire founder of Pershing Square Capital Management outlined a three-step proposal he says would meet the Trump administration’s policy goals, while restoring the companies to private-market discipline. The plan comes amid the White House’s struggle to ease housing costs – which included an absurd idea to roll out 50-year mortgages.
The two government-sponsored entities (GSEs) underpin roughly half of America’s $12 trillion mortgage market. They don’t lend directly – rather, they purchase mortgages from banks and lenders, package them into securities and guarantee investors against losses. This system helps keep credit flowing through economic cycles.
Pershing is the largest common shareholder in the two companies with over 210 million total shares.
Ackman has long argued that the government’s post-crisis control of the two companies which was formalized in a 2008 conservatorship was intended to be temporary, but has dragged on for years beyond its stated purpose.
He proposes the following as an “immediately actionable” roadmap for the Treasury and Federal Housing Finance Agency, which regulates the GSEs.
Step one: Acknowledge the bailout is repaid.
Fannie and Freddie received $187 billion in Treasury support during the crisis. Ackman noted the GSEs have since sent “hundreds of billions” in profits to the federal government through quarterly “net worth sweeps,” far exceeding the original rescue. He urged Treasury and FHFA to formally declare the obligation satisfied—a move that would mark a symbolic break from the financial-crisis era.
Step two: Make taxpayers official owners.
As part of the 2008 rescue, Treasury received warrants to buy up to 79.9% of each company’s common stock at a nominal price. Exercising those warrants, Ackman said, would convert taxpayers’ implicit economic stake into a formal controlling interest—an unusual structure that would leave the U.S. government the majority owner of two publicly traded financial institutions.
Step three: Return the GSEs to the stock market.
Fannie and Freddie were delisted from the New York Stock Exchange after entering conservatorship. Ackman said the companies now meet listing requirements and that relisting would restore liquidity for investors, broaden ownership, and help recapitalize the firms. He argued that with taxpayer ownership approaching 80%, the resulting equity value could exceed $300 billion.
The proposal intersects with a broader debate over the future of U.S. housing finance – a politically delicate realm that has eluded reform under multiple administrations. Supporters of privatization say the GSEs should operate with market discipline and adequate capital so taxpayers are insulated from future downturns. Critics warn that premature release or inadequate safeguards could encourage the kind of risk-taking that contributed to the 2008 collapse.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro made clear early this week that he’d be willing to hold “face-to-face” talks with US officials and warned President Trump against starting a war with his country.
“In the United States, whoever wants to talk with Venezuela will talk, face to face, without any problem,” Maduro said on his weekly TV program, comments that came after Trump suggested that his administration “may” be holding talks with the Venezuelan government.
But Trump also told reporters on Monday that he wouldn’t rule out sending troops into Venezuela, and the major US military buildup in the Caribbean continues. Maduro said that if Trump ordered military strikes on Venezuela, it would be the “biggest mistake of his life.“
Maduro suggested that political factions within the US are trying to hurt Trump before the 2026 congressional elections by pressuring him on the Jeffrey Epstein scandal and pushing him to go to war with Venezuela. “They want President Trump to attack Venezuela militarily, which would be the end of his political leadership and his name,” the Venezuelan leader said, according to the Miami Herald.
Maduro has previously focused his criticism on Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who has been leading the push toward war with Venezuela.
“Mr. President Donald Trump, you have to be careful because Marco Rubio wants your hands stained with blood, with South American blood, Caribbean blood, Venezuelan blood,” Maduro told reporters when the US began its bombing campaign against alleged drug boats in the region.
Following the first US strikes on boats in the region, Maduro sent a letter to Trump urging for diplomacy and stating his readiness to talk with Trump’s special envoy, Ric Grennel, who met directly with the Venezuelan leader back in January.
Despite the US push toward war, Venezuela has still been cooperating on deportation flights from the US. Between March and mid-October, the US conducted 40 removal flights to Caracas, deporting about 8,000 Venezuelan nationals.
