the US government has seized a DOA Falcon 900 ex luxury jet used by Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro alleging it was illegally purchased and smuggled out of the US in violation of sanctions and Export control laws the jet valued at $13 million was seized in the Dominican Republic and transferred to Federal custody in Florida US officials claimed that maduro's Associates used a Caribbean based shell company to buy the plane from a Florida company then exported it to Venezuela to circumvent a US executive order barring transactions with maduro's government the plane registered in San Marino was widely used by Maduro including for international trips and a prisoner swap in December 2023 Venezuela condemned the seizure as piracy while us officials emphasized that the move demonstrates a continued Crackdown on corruption within maduro's regime this seizure is part of broader us efforts to Target assets linked to sanctioned Venezuelan officials don't forget to like And subscribe