# SDNY unseals narco-terrorism indictment naming Diosdado Cabello, as alleged

Date: 2020

## The fact

On 26 March 2020 the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York unsealed a superseding indictment charging [Diosdado Cabello](/people/diosdado-cabello) Rondón, as alleged, with narco-terrorism conspiracy, conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States, and related weapons counts, together with [Nicolás Maduro Moros](/people/nicolas-maduro) and others. DOJ and AP recorded the unsealing. A State Department bounty sat as neighbourhood. Nicolás Maduro is the live co-defendant counterpart. This run does not mint a cleaner twin.

## Context

He was head of the National Constituent Assembly. Neighbouring 18 May 2018 SDN is parent. He did not sit as an SDNY jury.

18 May 2018 OFAC is parent. 27 August 2024 interior appointment is a later child. Keep SDNY unseals narco-terrorism indictment naming Diosdado Cabello, as alleged on 2020-03-26 separate from neighbouring 18 May 2018 OFAC SDN, 26 March 2020 SDNY indictment, 28 July 2024 election, and 27 August 2024 interior appointment.

The interior, justice and peace minister of Venezuela sits over police and citizen-security. He does not sit as every PNB rifleman, as SEBIN, as OFAC, or as an SDNY jury. Nicolás Maduro is the live captured president; Delcy Rodríguez is the live encargada if public-complete. This run does not mint a cleaner twin.

## Evidence and sources

U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York carries the official instrument or communique. Associated Press records the same dated act independently.

## Significance

The path is PSUV-strongman enforcement: a completed unsealing of U.S. charges that remain allegations until a verdict.

## What is established and what is not

Established: SDNY unsealed a superseding indictment on 26 March 2020 naming Cabello with Maduro on narco-terrorism and cocaine-importation conspiracies, as alleged.

Not established: A completed conviction, a unique later bounty integer as welfare, or that every later Knock Knock arrest is this indictment.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

He was named. Maduro is the live counterpart. He did not write the indictment.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies SDNY unseals narco-terrorism indictment naming Diosdado Cabello, as alleged, not a later speech about SDNY unseals narco-terrorism indictment naming Diosdado Cabello, as alleged.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. SDNY unseals narco-terrorism indictment naming Diosdado Cabello, as alleged on 2020-03-26 is not a licence to treat every later U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average SDNY unseals narco-terrorism indictment naming Diosdado Cabello, as alleged into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to SDNY charged, as alleged. He was named. Maduro is the live counterpart. He did not write the indictment. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

## People

- Diosdado Cabello: https://factrail.ai/people/diosdado-cabello

## Drivers

- Cabello PSUV strongman and interior repression: https://factrail.ai/drivers/cabello-psuv-strongman

## Sources

- https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/nicol-s-maduro-moros-and-14-current-and-former-venezuelan-officials-charged-narco
- https://apnews.com/article/caribbean-indictments-armed-forces-united-states-miami-d82797206561db03851e47df125c243f
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/manhattan-us-attorney-announces-narco-terrorism-charges-against-nicolas-maduro-current

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/ve-cabello-sdny-2020
