It was almost six years ago—during the COVID-19 pandemic—that then-Attorney General Bill Barr called a “virtual press conference” to announce that the Justice Department was taking action against Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela.

“Today, I am here to talk about the former Maduro regime and its direct participation in narco-terrorism, corruption, money laundering, and drug trafficking,” Barr said on March 26, 2020.

“As you will hear, the Department of Justice is announcing the unsealing of a superseding indictment filed in the Southern District of New York against four defendants, including Nicolas Maduro,” said Barr.

“The indictment of Nicolas Maduro and his co-defendants alleges a conspiracy involving an extremely violent terrorist organization known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia—or FARC—in an effort to flood the United States with cocaine,” Barr said.

“There is an area on the border of Columbia, Norte de Santander, which is one of the primary cocaine producing areas remaining in Columbia,” explained Barr.

“FARC gets this cocaine over into

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