Mexico Takes Down Mafia That Sold Low-Quality Food to Venezuela

The dismantling, in Mexico, of an international network that sold and shipped low-quality food to Venezuela can be added to the string of corruption investigations and accusations surrounding the largest food assistance program of President Nicolás Maduro’s government. On October 18, the Mexican Attorney General’s Office announced the dismantling of a criminal structure made up of Venezuelan and Mexican businesspeople that sold food at marked-up prices for its system of Local Provision and Production Committees (Comités Locales de Abastecimiento y Producción – CLAP). The Venezuelan government uses CLAPs to distribute subsidized food to its citizens. More…