Cuba Foreign Minister Blasts U.S. Anti-Drug Campaign as "Farce"
Hernandez, previously sentenced to 45 years imprisonment in the United States on drug trafficking and additional charges, walked free Monday following an official pardon issued by the Trump administration.
Rodriguez asserted the so-called anti-drug war serves as justification for Washington's "costly extraordinary naval deployment in the Caribbean Sea and the threat of military aggression to overthrow the legitimate government of Venezuela."
In a statement posted on X, he said that the pardon exposes "the complicity of the U.S. government and its agencies with a vast drug market that claims the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in its own country."
The condemnation arrives amid escalating American military operations throughout the Caribbean Sea. Through Thursday, the Pentagon has executed no fewer than 22 documented strikes targeting suspected drug-trafficking vessels across the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean since September 2, resulting in over 87 fatalities among those aboard, according to available data.
The pardon has intensified regional criticism of U.S. anti-narcotics policy and military intervention strategies.
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