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Get the Facts: Is Venezuela a primary drug trafficker to the United States?
Data from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime shows Venezuela accounts for a small share of cocaine trafficking to the U.S. while most fentanyl enters via Mexico.
- Recently, the Trump administration launched strikes targeting Venezuelan vessels as part of an anti-drug campaign, yet data show Venezuela supplies only a small share of drugs directly to the U.S.
- President Donald Trump has linked the strikes to the fentanyl crisis, saying thousands die from boatloads of drugs and claiming each boat strike saves 25,000 lives, a figure PolitiFact called mathematically dubious.
- UNODC data show coca production and processing concentrate in Colombia, Peru and Bolivia, with about 26,400 facilities dismantled in Colombia and only 260 in Venezuela from 2019 to 2023.
- U.S. strikes off Latin America have resulted in civilian deaths and scrutiny, killing at least 86 people while the administration has not clarified drugs in at least 22 strikes.
- UNODC and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration say most illicit fentanyl enters the U.S. from Mexico, with no significant South American production and only an air route from Venezuela.
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Donald Trump defends the US attacks on Venezuela as a way to protect the country from drug trafficking – but in reality, relatively few drugs reach the US that way. In the background, another motive looms, which could ultimately bring the US major economic benefits.
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