Is Donald Trump attacking #Venezuela2025? No. The current U.S. administration is not waging a war against Venezuela. It is carrying out an operation targeting the criminal network known as the Cartel of the Suns, which the U.S. considers a terrorist organization embedded within the Venezuelan state. What is the Cartel of the Suns? It is not a traditional cartel like Sinaloa. It is a criminal network operating inside state institutions, made up of: • Army generals (the “suns” are their military insignia). • High-ranking officers from security and intelligence agencies. • Certain political figures within the Chavista regime. What do they do? • Control cocaine trafficking routes to the Caribbean, Central America, and Europe. • Use state institutions as protection, logistics, and cover. • Launder money through PDVSA, gold from the Orinoco Mining Arc, and regime-controlled banks. • Finance political machinery and influence networks inside and outside Venezuela. Who has documented this? • The DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) • The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) • The United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela • Evidence submitted in cases linked to the International Criminal Court (ICC) It is organized crime at the highest levels of the Venezuelan state.