Seizure of the aircraft came amid continuing pressure on Maduro over contested election
WASHINGTON - The United States has seized a plane used by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and flown it from the Dominican Republic to Florida after determining that its purchase violated US sanctions, the US Justice Department said on Monday.
Maduro, his associates and the OPEC member-state's vital oil sector are under heavy US sanctions, and his handling of the election has raised the prospects that further measures could be imposed. "Let this seizure send a clear message: aircraft illegally acquired from the United States for the benefit of sanctioned Venezuelan officials cannot just fly off into the sunset," said Matthew Axelrod, the US Commerce Department's Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement.
A wide range of independent sources has shown that Maduro and his representatives "have tampered with the results of the July 28 presidential election, falsely claimed victory and carried out widespread repression to maintain power by force," the spokesperson added.
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