Cartel de los Soles

Cartel of the Suns is an umbrella term used to describe an alleged drug trafficking network and related criminal activity involving members of the Armed Forces of Venezuela and Bolivarian National Intelligence Service, including high-ranking officers and political officials. Experts studying the drug trade do not use the term to refer to a single hierarchical organization or a literal drug cartel, but as journalistic shorthand for a system of corruption by which military and political officials profit by working with drug traffickers.