Reply #23: Venezuela Accuses US of Smuggling under Diplomatic Cover

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According to Chacón, however, while shipping documents indicated that the military shipment included ejection seat propulsion motors for Bronco airplanes that had been ordered by Venezuela’s military, there was also other material that it did not order, such as detonators, pliers, rocket motors, and other items. “What is this material coming for? This has us worried,” said Chacón. Also, none of this material has so far been received by Venezuela’s military.

For Chacón it is the US that violated the Vienna Convention. “I have no doubt that in the case of the diplomatic valise of the United States an open and flagrant violation of the Vienna Convention has been committed. Along with Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry we are trying to identify the type of violations the North American government has committed,” said Chacón.

Chacón further explained that the 20 containers on the four trucks measured about 3 meters wide, by 2 meters high. Chacón also demonstrated some of the paperwork that supposedly authorized the shipment, saying that the license plates of the trucks did not match the documentation and that the fees for processing the paperwork were paid a full day after the shipment had arrived.

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