TRANSCRIPT
(Opening montage)
Martín Rodil: Since February [19]99, that Hugo Chavez took over Venezuela to November 2025, so a few months ago, in 26 years, the amount of money they have accumulated on three commodities, oil and gas, gold, because Venezuelans also have incredibly big gold mines, controlled today by Tren de Aragua, and the third commodity is cocaine, is at least $2.7 trillion. Laura, I ask you and I would ask anyone in your audience, what other criminal organization in the world has accumulated such numbers, such great level of wealth?
Lara Logan: 2.7 trillion
Martín Rodil: – trillion dollars in 26 years, and that is actually a conservative estimate.
Lara Logan: Welcome back to this week’s episode of Going Rogue with Laura Logan. Our guest this week is right at the heart of everything that’s been happening in Venezuela with Nicolas Maduro, Cartel de los Soles and beyond. His name is Martín Rodil, but before we get to that, a word from our sponsor.
(Commercial break)
Lara Logan: Martín Rodil is a name that most Americans are not familiar with, but it is one that you are definitely not going to forget, after you hear what he knows and what he’s been doing for the past, basically for all of his life, for the past some 21 years, since 2005, investigating transnational corruption, national security issues, and intelligence matters.
But what makes Martín the man of the moment, this moment, in Venezuela is his work working with US agencies to investigate Cartel de los Soles, which is the main cartel in Venezuela, and of course, Nicolás Maduro. Martín has spent the better part of the last 10 years working on the indictment for Maduro and working with multiple US agencies, but primarily with the DEA Special Operations Division……..