The United States has seized Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro’s airplane after determining that its acquisition was in violation of US sanctions.
The U.S. has seized and brought Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s airplane to Florida.
The $13 million plane is Maduro’s version of Air Force One, used for state visits around the world, and it was seized in violation of sanctions laws and export controls, specifically, a violation of US executive order 13884, signed by President Trump in 2019.
Per US official, this was the result of a joint investigation between HSI and the US Dept of Commerce.
The plane is a Dassault Falcon 900-EX. Relations between the US and Venezuela have been very frosty in recent years.
