The United States has seized and transferred to Florida the plane of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
This was reported by the American television channel CNN, as reported by TUT. NEWS .
According to CNN, Maduro's plane, worth about $13 million, was seized in the Dominican Republic and transported to Florida.
The grounds for the arrest of the aircraft were the violation of US sanctions.
The United States has seized President Maduro's plane, determining that its acquisition occurred in violation of sanctions, the TV channel reports.
As an unnamed American official explained to the TV channel, Washington wants to make it clear that no one is above the law and US sanctions.
The seizure of a foreign head of state's plane is unheard of, a CNN source noted.