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Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela, and other high-ranking Venezuelan officials allegedly engaged in narcoterrorism, corruption, and drug trafficking in order to enrich themselves. Justice Department officials allege Maduro and other officials colluded with FARC, the Colombian paramilitary group that is a designated terrorist organization. The others indicted with Maduro are Diosdado Cabello Rondón, the head of Venezuela's National Constituent Assembly; Hugo Armando Carvajal Barrios, aka "El Pollo," the former director of military intelligence; Clíver Antonio Alcalá Cordones, a former general in the Venezuelan armed forces; Luciano Marín Arango, aka "Ivan Marquez," a member of the FARC's Secretariat, which is the organization's highest leadership body; and Seuxis Paucis Hernández Solarte, aka "Jesús Santrich," a member of the FARC's Central High Command, which is the organization's second-highest leadership body.