Of course, officially the current US maneuver has ostensibly to do with drug trafficking. Again, this is a silly pretext, because if Venezuela plays any role at all in this field, it can only be a very modest one. Moreover, with Colombia being the world’s leading cocaine producer, boasting two thirds of all the world’s coca acreage (followed by Peru with one quarter and Bolivia with almost ten percent), Venezuela just cannot be considered a real player in this field.
Given the nature of the drug trafficking business, the risks connected with it, but above all the enormous financial and political interests involved, it is risky to make any far reaching statements. However, over the years there have been so many indications and pieces of secondary evidence that it is safe to say that American spy agencies, especially the CIA, play a key role in the entire industry. It is the CIA that oversees and coordinates the production of the raw materials, organizes the drug production process, and the transport of the merchandise to the main markets in North America, Europe and elsewhere. The DEA also plays a key role fighting against drug trafficking, which helps to eliminate unwanted competitors and in the end helps to keep prices sufficiently high for the interested parties to make great profits, all tax-free! Given this interaction, it is safe to say that it is eventually the US deep state that is in charge of the world’s drug trafficking.
