Secretary of State Marco Rubio dismissed a UN report claiming that most drug-trafficking in South America takes place in Colombia and Ecuador, rather than Venezuela, as a reason not to go after the country's authoritarian president, Nicolas Maduro.
Speaking at a press conference along with Ecuadorean counterpart Gabriela Sommerfeld, Rubio rejected the report brought up by a journalist, noting that 5% of all drug-trafficking in the region goes through Venezuela, compared to 87% in Colombia and Ecuador.
