The Venezuelan opposition leader, Corina Machado, reappeared on a podcast with the son of United States President Donald Trump, after allegedly being kidnapped during recent protests in Venezuela. In the interview, Machado spoke about the virtues and precariousness of Venezuela under the current regime of Nicolás Maduro. She noted that Maduro lost international and military support and pointed out the alleged connection between the president and the criminal group 'Tren de Aragua'.
Machado mentioned the purported link of organized crime in Venezuela with high political powers and highlighted the influence of the Tren de Aragua, which has expanded to the United States. Her statements caused surprise by implicating Maduro as the head of this criminal group. She referred to high-ranking Venezuelan officials as heads of other cartels and identified Maduro as the leader of the Tren de Aragua.
The opposition leader warned about the risk that Venezuela poses to the United States by becoming a refuge for Iranian agents, mentioning the issuance of Venezuelan passports to agents from Iran and Syria. In the podcast hosted by Donald Trump Jr., Machado again denounced the Maduro administration and its alleged ties to organized crime, pointing out the establishment of the regime to promote the Tren de Aragua, many of whose members have become Islamic terrorists.
