The terrorist group Hezbollah has for long had its operatives in South America, drawn from the large Lebanese and Palestinian populations that are found especially in Chile, Colombia, and Venezuela. Hezbollah has worked with, and now appears to have taken over, certain crime networks dealing in drug trafficking, while enjoying the protection of Venezuela, first under Hugo Chavez, and then under his successor, Nicolás Maduro. Now the group has been sending both drugs to its agents in Europe for sale on the lucrative markets there, and money made by its criminal operatives in South America to Hezbollah in Lebanon, replacing the funds that are no longer available from cash-strapped Iran. More on the Hezbollah penetration of South America, that has caught the attention of Congress, can be found here: “US Senators Sound Alarm Over Hezbollah’s Expanding Operations in Latin America,” by Ailin Vilches Arguello, Algemeiner, October 22, 2025:
As Iran grapples with mounting international sanctions, US lawmakers have warned that Lebanese Hezbollah, the Iranian regime’s chief proxy force in the Middle East, is turning more to its overseas financial networks to finance illicit operations, while expanding its footprint across Latin America, particularly in Venezuela.
At a Senate Caucus on International Counternarcotics Control hearing on Tuesday, both Republican and Democratic senators discussed how Hezbollah has firmly entrenched itself in Latin America’s criminal networks under the protection of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who provides “a safe haven” for the Iran-backed terrorist group.
According to multiple expert witnesses, under the protection of Maduro’s regime, illicit activities including narcotics trafficking, money laundering, and passports-for-terrorist schemes have thrived, making Venezuela the “most important facilitator for Hezbollah in Latin America.”
The next time you hear someone expressing outrage over the attacks on Venezuelan boats that the Trump administration believes are being used by narco-traffickers, remind them of all the criminals — drug traffickers, money launderers, passport forgers — Venezuela has been protecting, and especially, they should be told that Venezuela is Hezbollah’s most valuable ally in all of South America. And that is why Trump’s promise to use, if he deems it necessary, the CIA to attack the narco-traffickers inside Venezuela should be encouraged. Let no part of Venezuela be safe for Hezbollah.
Trump would garner much more support for his policy of attacking narco-traffickers, and of enlarging that sea campaign with attacks on Venezuelan soil, were he to spell out for the public the connection between that country, and many of its traffickers who are providing a financial lifeline to Hezbollah.
Dingbat says
It makes perfect sense. Apparently South America has been a Nazi hideaway of sorts since the impending defeat of Germany in WW2.
Patrick says
Hopefully, a united front on the part of Congress, to deal with Hezbollah in Venezuela, transferring drug funds back to its proxy in Iran. Wipe the bastards (Hezbollah) off the face of the earth!
somehistory says
There are senators and reps in Congress who have been in office for the same years hezbollah has been in South America. People like Schumer and Graham.
they could have been working on stopping these terrorists from crossing the border illegally if they had been interested.
Years ago, dirty carpets and foul books of demon filth were found discarded in the deserts along the Southern border. These did not go unnoticed by the Border Patrol, but the Congress did nothing.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
They still have those? It’s probably time for Hizbullah to recall those operatives back to either Lebanon or Iran, since they’re needed to prevent a complete collapse of Hizbullah’s bases in either country. It’s laughable of Hizbullah to have operatives abroad when they’ve been all but wiped out in both Lebanon and Iran
Taffy says
Hizb’allah has always been in the drug trafficking business. South America is their latest expansion away from Lebanon. With Trump on the warpath against Venezuelan narcos, Hizb’allah’s drug empire will shortly collapse.
Previous presidents allowed the narcos with their 1000 horsepower Cigarettes to transport narcotics to the US. Trump is putting an end to it by unleashing the Navy on these drug traffickers.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
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tgusa says
These countries are bringing middle eastern criminal and terrorist networks in to the Americas. I guess those countries forgot that the USA is a big part of the Americas. It seems that those countries want to play Russian roulette with 5 rounds in the cylinder. That is a very stupid thing to do.
gravenimage says
Hezbollah Expands Its Operations in South America
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They have long infested the Tri-Border area of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. Lots of gunrunning and narco-terrorism.
tgusa says
Rand Paul is very upset about the President Trump authorization for US Navy actions against drug traffickers in the Oceans of the Americas.
In June 1971, Nixon officially declared a “War on Drugs,” stating that drug abuse was “public enemy number one.”
A war is about breaking things and blowing stuff up. Under President Trumps leadership the US Navy is breaking things and blowing stuff up. Well, war was declared way back in 1971. Perhaps Rand and other idiots have a different description of war. Maybe they prefer a libertarian approach where you just scream at them from behind a wall of Capitol police.
OLD GUY says
The Islamic/Muslim world leaders know they can not defeat America so they buy political leaders and destroy the population with drugs and propaganda in our education system. We are at war with a sly enemy that has access to huge amounts of money and criminal drug cartels willing to participate in the killing of our adults and children. Trump is right on taking military action against the drug cartels, but he should also take economic action against the Islamic/Muslim countries that are supporting these attacks.