How Cartel de los Soles Took Over Venezuela | Republic of the Suns

In January 2026, the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro. Three months earlier, BREACH released this investigation into Cartel de los Soles. Venezuela's generals gave themselves that name after the sun insignia on their uniforms. They started as drug traffickers. Now they run the country. When Venezuela's socialist economy collapsed, the regime couldn't survive on what was left. So, they repurposed the state for cocaine. Military aircraft. Naval vessels. Government airstrips. The same infrastructure the CIA built in the 1990s to move product through the Caribbean. The Americans walked away when they got caught. The infrastructure stayed. Maduro inherited it. Today, Colombian cocaine flows through Venezuelan military channels into American cities. The interior minister has been indicted. The president has a bounty on his head. Seven million refugees have fled. And the U.S. just put the Cartel de los Soles on the same terrorist list as the Sinaloa Cartel. This is how a country becomes a cartel. Created by: Richard Grover Enjoyed this? Subscribe to BREACH:    / @breach-media   0:00 Intro 1:10 What was lost 3:38 The socialist collapse 7:26 The narco-state solution 14:30 The problem it creates for Americans 18:38 Why past U.S. approaches have failed 23:34 The remaining options 28:06 The rationale of force #CartelDeLosSoles #Venezuela #NarcoState