US seizes Venezuelan President Maduro's plane, DOJ says

They need spares after so many Boeings crashed.

A Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) led investigation discovered the plane in the Dominican Republic, a source said.

Sooo.... homeland security of the USA was in the Dominican Republic, an ostensibly sovereign nation, and stole the plane of the president of another sovereign nation.

The plane is the Venezuelan equivalent to Air Force One

Can you imagine what would happen if another nation did this to the USA?

"[...] for use by Nicolás Maduro and his cronies"

Like Air Force One is for Biden and his cronies, or Clinton and his cronies, or Reagan and his cronies?

"This morning, the Justice Department seized an aircraft we allege was illegally purchased for $13 million through a shell company and smuggled out of the United States [....]"

So they didn't know it was illegally purchased before the USA Homeland Security stole it from the Dominican Republic?

"The Department will continue to pursue those who violate our sanctions and export controls to prevent them from using American resources to undermine the national security of the United States."

How does undermining unilateral politically motivated sanctions undermine the national security of the USA?

"The seizure of this aircraft is another significant action by Homeland Security Investigations working with our domestic and international partners against the illegal activities of the Maduro regime,"

It's not illegal in Venezuela to violate the unilateral sanctions of the USA. It's not illegal ANYWHERE to violate unilateral sanctions of some other country.

"This is an important step to ensure that Maduro continues to feel the consequences from his misgovernance of Venezuela,"

This is some real Team America: World Police level brain rot.

This is just petty. What s crowd of ignoble common thieves.

Rules based order lol. Yeah. All about that 'international law' and due process.

"This morning, the Justice Department seized an aircraft we allege was illegally purchased for $13 million through a shell company and smuggled out of the United States for use by Nicolás Maduro and his cronies,"

Says one of the biggest cronies in the world

USians do it to their own https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_forfeiture_in_the_United_States