What's the truth about the Venezuelan drug trade?

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published December 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM EST

Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd talks with Renata Segura, director of the Latin America and the Caribbean Program for the International Crisis Group, about the group’s research on drug trafficking and the truth behind Venezuelan and fentanyl.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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