Editing Diosdado Cabello (section)

=== Drug trafficking ===
Cabello has been accused, by defector [[Leamsy Salazar]], of being a leading figure in an international drug trafficking organization,<ref name=ENHjan2015>{{cite news|last1=Maria Delgado|first1=Antonio|title=Identifican a Diosdado Cabello como jefe del Cartel de los Soles|url=http://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/mundo/america-latina/venezuela-es/article8206548.html|access-date=27 January 2015|agency=El Nuevo Herald|date=26 January 2015}}</ref><ref name=ABCjan2015>{{cite news|last1=Blasco|first1=Emili J.|title=El jefe de seguridad del número dos chavista deserta a EE.UU. y le acusa de narcotráfico|url=http://www.abc.es/internacional/20150127/abci-venezuela-cabello-eeuu-201501262129.html|access-date=27 January 2015|agency=[[ABC (Spain)|ABC]]|date=27 January 2015}}</ref> of using nepotism to reward friends and family members by [[the Atlantic]]<ref name=ATLANTIC/> and of directing [[Colectivo (Venezuela)|colectivos]] while paying them with funds from [[Petróleos de Venezuela]] by opposition media in Venezuela.<ref name=":3">{{cite news|title=NC COMMAND ATTACKS CRIMINAL TEAM: Diosdado Cabello-Freddy Bernal-Eliezer Otaiza|url=https://cloud-1394652165-cache.cdn-cachefront.net/comando-criminal-sincroniza-ataques-de-colectivos-diosdado-cabello-freddy-bernal-eliecer-otaiza/#.UzcB7GsZjzM.twitter|access-date=30 March 2014|newspaper=Ahora Vision|date=29 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330114152/https://cloud-1394652165-cache.cdn-cachefront.net/comando-criminal-sincroniza-ataques-de-colectivos-diosdado-cabello-freddy-bernal-eliecer-otaiza/#.UzcB7GsZjzM.twitter|archive-date=30 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2013, there were at least 17 formal corruption allegations lodged against Cabello in Venezuela's prosecutors office.<ref name=":4">[http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/130820/pj-recordo-que-son-17-las-denuncias-por-corrupcion-contra-cabello] [http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2013-08-23/in-venezuela-absolute-power-corrupts-absolutely] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714205526/http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2013-08-23/in-venezuela-absolute-power-corrupts-absolutely|date=14 July 2014}}</ref>

[[File:Diosdado Cabello reward poster.jpg|220px|thumb|right|Reward poster of Cabello from the [[Drug Enforcement Administration]].]]
[[File:Cabello, Maduro, Flores.jpg|thumb|Diosdado Cabello with Maduro and Ciria Flores in 2013]]
On 27 January 2015, reports accusing Cabello of drug trafficking emerged.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.es/internacional/20150127/abci-venezuela-cabello-eeuu-201501262129.html|title= El jefe de seguridad del número dos chavista deserta a EE.UU. y le acusa de narcotráfico|newspaper=[[ABC (Spain)]]|date=27 January 2015|access-date=27 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/mundo/america-latina/venezuela-es/article8206548.html|author=Antonio Maria Delgado | title= Identifican a Diosdado Cabello como jefe del Cartel de los Soles |newspaper=[[El Nuevo Herald]]|date=26 January 2015|access-date=27 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ntn24.com/noticia/escolta-de-cabello-el-numero-dos-del-chavismo-habria-huido-a-eeuu-para-acusarlo-de-narco-segun-abc-38405|title=Jefe de seguridad de Cabello habría huido a EE.UU. para acusarle de narcotráfico, según ABC|newspaper=[[NTN24]]|date=26 January 2015|access-date=27 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130030922/http://www.ntn24.com/noticia/escolta-de-cabello-el-numero-dos-del-chavismo-habria-huido-a-eeuu-para-acusarlo-de-narco-segun-abc-38405|archive-date=30 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> In a series of investigations by the United States government, it was stated that Cabello's alleged involvement in the drug trade as the "capo" {{sic}} (head) of the [[Cartel of the Suns]] (Spanish ''Cartel de los soles''), had also involved high-ranking generals of Venezuelan military.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2015/01/27/articulo-de-un-diario-espanol-senala-que-diosdado-cabello-seria-el-jefe-de-un-cartel-de-narcotrafico/| title = Supuesta investigación señala que Diosdado Cabello sería jefe de cartel de narcotráfico| date = 28 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.noticierodigital.com/2015/02/diosdado-cabello-y-el-cartel-de-los-soles/| title = Diosdado Cabello y el "Cartel de los Soles"}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.urgente24.com/235847-cartel-de-los-soles-las-rutas-del-narco-de-diosdado |title=Cartel de los Soles: Las rutas del narco de Diosdado |access-date=18 May 2015 |archive-date=19 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519123221/http://www.urgente24.com/235847-cartel-de-los-soles-las-rutas-del-narco-de-diosdado |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 26 March 2020, the U.S. [[Department of State]] offered $10 million for information leading to his arrest and/or conviction by the US in relation to [[drug trafficking]] and [[narco-terrorism]].<ref name=":5">{{cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/diosdado-cabello-rondon-new-target/|title=Diosdado Cabello Rondón — New Target|website=state.gov|date=26 March 2020}}</ref>{{primary source inline|date=August 2024}}