Miami Herald: Powerful Venezuelan lawmaker may have issued death order against Rubio.
One of Venezuela’s most powerful leaders may have put out an order to kill Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a fervent critic of the South American country’s government, according to intelligence obtained by the U.S. last month.
Though federal authorities couldn’t be sure at the time if the uncorroborated threat was real, they took it seriously enough that Rubio has been guarded by a security detail for several weeks in both Washington and Miami.
Believed to be behind the order: Diosdado Cabello, the influential former military chief and lawmaker from the ruling socialist party who has publicly feuded with Rubio.
At a July 19 Senate hearing, the same day he was first spotted with more security, Rubio repeated his line that Cabello — who has long been suspected by U.S. authorities of drug trafficking — is “the Pablo Escobar of Venezuela.” A week ago on Twitter, Cabello dubbed the senator “Narco Rubio.”
The death threat was outlined in a memo to several law enforcement agencies disseminated last month by the Department of Homeland Security. The memo, designated “law enforcement sensitive” but not classified, was obtained by the Miami Herald.
The memo revealed an “order to have Senator Rubio assassinated,” though it also warned that “no specific information regarding an assassination plot against Senator Rubio has been garnered thus far” and that the U.S. had not been able to verify the threat. That Cabello has been a vocal Rubio critic in Venezuelan media was also noted, a sign federal authorities are well aware of the political bluster complicating the situation.
According to the memo, Cabello might have gone as far as to contact “unspecified Mexican nationals” in connection with his plan to harm Rubio. MORE
Well at least Little Marco is a small target.
The Obvious Move If We Interfere at All, is to Make Sure Drug Lords are Out !!! It’s Too easy for Them To Take What They Want From The People…Because They End Up Controlling Everything, Even The Banks and to Some Degree the Farmers of Food !!!
The left and rinos are destroying America and little Marco couldn’t find anything useful to do here. Marco ran to Venezuela to offer help and now he may have a hit placed on him.
If something happens the media will give him his 10 min and then quickly shill for a democrat to take his seat.
Is he sweating about it?
IDK but while Marco is not on my favorites list, it sounds like a declaration of war if he ends up assassinated.
MEH!
….and maybe they didn’t put a hit out on Wee Marco.
Still it makes good headlines for someone who may want to run in 2020.
Why would a fellow traveler want to harm little Marco? He’s busying himself latinizing the U.S. what more do they want from him?
“federal authorities couldn’t be sure at the time if the uncorroborated threat was real”
they couldn’t find that incriminating “intent” that hillary was hiding either.
They bring a gun? We bring a squadron of Wart Hogs. Then let the Navy and Marines have some of their hard earned rewards with a carrier full of Hornets. Technique paid off in Libya. And, those clueless dip shits know better than to piss off the new guy. MAGA