(Al Jazeera Media Network) During a visit to the Dominican Republic, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited a hangar where a plane allegedly belonging to the government of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro was located.
Taping a large notice onto the door of the plane, Rubio and other US officials declared that the plane was now in the possession of the US government.
This is the second time in less than a year that a plane belonging to Maduro has been confiscated by US authorities. In September, under former President Joe Biden, the US seized a different $13-million aircraft parked in the Dominican Republic. It was later brought to the US state of Florida.
Thursday’s seizure targeted a Dassault Falcon 200 that Maduro and his officials used to visit destinations such as Greece, Russia and Turkiye.
