U.S. concerned that weapons sold to Venezuela will end up in wrong hands

Posted on March 30, 2011 • Filed under: Police/Military Activity, Politics, United States, Venezuela

The Southern Command has admitted that there is a growing influence of Russia, China and Iran in Latin America that, although it is more diplomatic and trade, said he was concerned the sale of automatic weapons to Venezuela because they can end up in the wrong hands.
“We see an increasing influence of external actors, but this varies from country to country,” said the head of Southern Command, Gen. Douglas Fraser, in a hearing before the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, where he stressed that the presence of other countries in the region “still focuses mainly on political-diplomatic and trade in all cases.” Read Article

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