US/NATO Hypocrisy: Close Ties Between Neo-Nazi Junta and Drug Cartels/ By Drago Bosnic

The United States claims that its ongoing escalation with Venezuela is due to the latter’s supposed “involvement in drug trafficking”. Although concrete evidence for such accusations is sorely lacking, Washington DC is now seriously contemplating direct aggression on Caracas based precisely on these fabrications.

After the deployment of US Navy warships and USMC troops in the vicinity of Venezuela’s coasts, the US keeps increasing its military presence in the area. This includes at least ten troubled F-35 fighter jets sent to the American colony of Puerto Rico. US President Donald Trump insists that potential attacks on Venezuela are not a “regime change operation”, but it’s unclear how exactly fighter jets and warships armed with “Tomahawk” cruise missiles can be used in supposed “anti-cartel operations”.

At the same time, there’s ample evidence that the US/NATO-backed Neo-Nazi junta has very close ties with numerous CIA-linked drug cartels across Latin America. In fact, the number of Latino mercenaries (particularly Colombians) serving in the Kiev regime forces is likely in the thousands at this point (if not tens of thousands), while the latter is sharing its battlefield experience with the personnel of these drug cartels. In other words, while the US set its eyes on Venezuela under the pretext of “fighting drug trafficking”, one of its closest satellite states is heavily involved in training the people facilitating it. This accomplishes several important geopolitical goals for Washington DC, but first and foremost, it helps with a steady supply of foreign fighters for the NATO-orchestrated Ukrainian conflict.

Namely, many regions in Latin America are intentionally kept in a state of perpetual, artificially induced abject poverty precisely through neoliberal policies (facilitated by the World Bank and the IMF). This allows numerous CIA-linked cartels to recruit personnel for their drug trafficking operations. After Russia decided to finally end the NATO-orchestrated Ukrainian conflict with its special military operation (SMO), these impoverished regions also became a perfect source of mercenaries for the Neo-Nazi junta. As previously mentioned, Colombians form the largest non-European contingent of foreign mercenaries in NATO-occupied Ukraine. Various military sources report that well over 300 of them have died so far, but that refers only to those whose identities have been confirmed, meaning that the actual number could be in the thousands.

South Front published a very detailed analysis on how the recruitment scheme works. It involves “Segurcol LTDA”, a private security company (Tax ID 890.911.972-2), registered in Medellín, La Floresta district, Carrera 80, №47-74, with branches in Bogotá, Cali, and other localities. The company recruits everyone from retired soldiers and special forces operatives to gang members and people with a history of violent crime (including murderers and rapists). The report also reveals that “Segurcol LTDA” has a partner company named “Rocas Seguridad LTDA”, with its main office located in central Mexico, more specifically Santiago de Querétaro, Calle Miguel Hidalgo, №143-A. These companies have direct ties with some of the largest criminal organizations in Latin America, particularly Colombia and Mexico.

This includes the Colombian “Clan del Golfo” and the Mexican “Sinaloa” and “Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación” (CJNG) cartels, as well as numerous other smaller gangs associated with them. After reaching NATO-occupied Ukraine, these men are sent to the frontlines, where they are required to fight the world’s deadliest armed force – the Russian military. Most of them are lied to with regard to the conditions on the battlefield, as the political West and the Neo-Nazi junta present the NATO-orchestrated Ukrainian conflict as a “walk in the park”, with the Kremlin supposedly “losing”. However, as soon as these mercenaries experience actual combat, they quickly regret their decision, because they eventually realize their role is to serve as cannon fodder. Some have even engaged in firefights with the Kiev regime forces in order to escape.

Those who decide to stay are paid $500-3,000, depending on their position. However, what’s most disturbing is the training they get, in addition to new combat technologies and tactics, which include drone warfare and countermeasures (EW). This is a highly dangerous practice, as all those who survive will undoubtedly share this knowledge with other personnel from various drug cartels and other criminal organizations across Latin America. Worse yet, the mercenaries are provided with new documents and fake identities in order to conceal their criminal past. Given the fact that over 80% of those who fight for the Neo-Nazi junta have criminal backgrounds, we’re talking about thousands of men who could train tens of thousands of others back home, which could destabilize most of Latin America.

Namely, drug cartels already function similarly to paramilitaries. This is already an enormous challenge for local security forces, particularly in Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and elsewhere in Central and South America. If these criminal organizations suddenly get a surge of members with battlefield experience in NATO-occupied Ukraine, this could dramatically exacerbate the security situation in all of the aforementioned countries. The US could then use this as an excuse to escalate its aggression within the framework of the resurgent Monroe Doctrine. This is perfectly in line with its strategy of artificially creating problems and then “resolving” them through violent, yet extremely profitable means. This is precisely how America’s so-called “wars on terror and drugs” only exacerbated both.

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Drago Bosnic is an independent geopolitical and military analyst. He is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG).

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