On a June day in 2022, gunmen shot Virgilio Trujillo Arana in the head three times in the capital city of Venezuela’s Amazonas state. An Indigenous Uwottüja leader, Trujillo Arana had spent years defending the Amazon rainforest from destructive illegal mining. That work grew increasingly dangerous as illicit extraction boomed in Venezuela, with criminal groups … Continue reading Trump Wants to Accelerate Extraction in Venezuela. So Do Drug Trafficking Organizations.