US to bar Venezuela's vice president from country and freeze his US assets over drugs claims

The Trump administration will impose sanctions on Venezuela's new vice president, Tareck El Aissami, and accuse him of playing a major role in international drug trafficking.

US to bar Venezuela's vice president from country and freeze his US assets over drugs claims

The Trump administration will impose sanctions on Venezuela's new vice president, Tareck El Aissami, and accuse him of playing a major role in international drug trafficking.

Mr El Aissami has been the target of US law enforcement for years over ties to the nation's largest convicted drug trafficker and a Middle Eastern militant group.

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