Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Texas arrested a Venezuelan illegal alien wanted in his home country for torturing and attempting to murder a woman. The fugitive, 31-year-old Raul Enrique Pargas Rodriguez, was captured in Plano on August 14 after entering the U.S. illegally in 2022 and being released under Biden-era “catch-and-release” policies.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado warned this week that Venezuela has become the only nation in the Western Hemisphere capable of producing Iranian combat drones. Speaking from hiding due to threats of arrest by the Maduro regime, Machado exposed the growing military ties between Venezuela and Iran, warning that this alliance represents a strategic threat to regional and U.S. security.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf declared solidarity with Venezuela’s socialist regime during a visit to Caracas on Sunday, vowing to stand against “global arrogance” — a thinly veiled reference to the United States. The trip marks part of a broader Latin American tour, including stops in Cuba and Brazil, and participation in the Parliamentary Forum of the BRICS bloc.
Five Venezuelan dissidents rescued from the besieged Argentine embassy in Caracas have confirmed that their escape was the result of a covert operation orchestrated by the administration of President Donald Trump.
Venezuela’s socialist regime will move forward with a widely condemned “election” on Sunday to install a governor and local legislators in “Guayana Esequiba”—a fictional state carved from Guyana’s sovereign Essequibo region. The Maduro regime claims the 61,600-square-mile, resource-rich territory as Venezuelan land, despite international recognition of Guyana’s administrative control.
