There are suggestions that Petro is using these alleged attacks in an attempt to persuade the Trump administration to lift OFAC sanctions against members of his family circle.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro echoed false reports about an alleged US bombing in Maracaibo, with the aim of linking Venezuela to drug-trafficking networks, according to the Venezuelan outlet La Iguana TV. Through his social media accounts, Petro claimed that the incident at the company Primazol was an attack on ELN cocaine laboratories, when in fact, it was an accidental fire caused by electrical failures that occurred on December 24.

This narrative ignores statements from the company itself and technical reports confirming that the incident involved the combustion of PET resin and had no connection whatsoever to illicit activities. Despite international bodies such as the UN certifying that Venezuela is not a drug-producing country, the Colombian president repeated unsubstantiated information disseminated by the US and its regime-change machinery.

While Petro seeks to ingratiate himself with Washington, the government of Venezuela continues a forceful offensive against drug-trafficking mafias, neutralizing irregular aircraft in the border states of Amazonas and Apure. The spread of these false positives by Gustavo Petro demonstrates, according to the report, a subordination to the foreign policy of the Trump regime in pursuit of personal benefits related to US sanctions.

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