House Foreign Affairs Committee
U.S. House of Representatives
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Republican
Ros-Lehtinen Comments on Hezbollah-Linked Drug Ring in Hemisphere
Will Host Classified Briefing to Discuss Hezbollah Ties in Region
(WASHINGTON) – U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, commented today on reports of another international drug network with ties to Hezbollah operating in the Western Hemisphere. Statement by Ros-Lehtinen:
“In less than a year, two major drug rings with ties to Hezbollah have been caught operating in the Western Hemisphere. The comfort with which these criminals traipse around the region is alarming.
“However, with leaders like Hugo Chavez and Daniel Ortega bending over backwards to let rogue states like Iran expand its presence in the region, it is no surprise that extremist groups like Hezbollah would also make their homes there.
“We cannot allow the Western Hemisphere to become a staging ground for extremists.
“From money laundering to drug smuggling to arms trafficking, extremist groups like Hezbollah, the regimes who support them, and their enablers are putting the people of the Americas in direct danger.
U.S. House of Representatives
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Republican
Ros-Lehtinen Comments on Hezbollah-Linked Drug Ring in Hemisphere
Will Host Classified Briefing to Discuss Hezbollah Ties in Region
(WASHINGTON) – U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, commented today on reports of another international drug network with ties to Hezbollah operating in the Western Hemisphere. Statement by Ros-Lehtinen:
“In less than a year, two major drug rings with ties to Hezbollah have been caught operating in the Western Hemisphere. The comfort with which these criminals traipse around the region is alarming.
“However, with leaders like Hugo Chavez and Daniel Ortega bending over backwards to let rogue states like Iran expand its presence in the region, it is no surprise that extremist groups like Hezbollah would also make their homes there.
“We cannot allow the Western Hemisphere to become a staging ground for extremists.
“From money laundering to drug smuggling to arms trafficking, extremist groups like Hezbollah, the regimes who support them, and their enablers are putting the people of the Americas in direct danger.
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