Hezbollah's presence in Latin America has expanded significantly under the protection of Venezuela's authoritarian government, according to former U.S. Treasury official Marshall Billingslea.
Billingslea, who served as Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing, said before the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control that the Nicolás Maduro regime has transformed Venezuela into a "willing safe haven" for the Lebanese militant group, providing access to forged documents, unlawful financing, and drug trafficking routes that link the Middle East to the Western Hemisphere.
