John Otis
speaker
712 appearances
80 recordings
5 series
first heard Sep 2025
last heard 4 Sep
John Otis’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 75 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 23.
Appearances
Army Lieutenant Colonel Juan Camilo Maso said the operation shows Colombia's strong commitment to fighting terrorism.
Trenaragua was formed in a Venezuelan prison in 2014, but has since branched out to other Latin American countries.
President Trump accuses the group of sending tons of cocaine into the U.S.
and has been pressuring Venezuela and Colombia to crack down on the gang.
For NPR News, I'm John Otis in Bogota, Colombia.
In recent months, the U.S.
has sent warships to the Caribbean Sea, blown up alleged drug trafficking boats from Venezuela, and has tried to block Venezuelan tankers from exporting oil.
All this is part of a campaign by the Trump administration to remove Maduro from power.
But in an interview broadcast on Venezuelan state TV, Maduro called for a fresh start.
He said the two countries should engage in, quote, serious talks about fighting drug trafficking and said U.S.
companies could return to Venezuela to produce oil.
Here in Venezuela, you have a brother country of the United States, Maduro said.
Here, you have a government that is a friend.
For NPR News, I'm John Otis.
In recent months, the U.S.
has sent warships to the Caribbean Sea, blown up alleged drug trafficking boats from Venezuela, and has tried to block Venezuelan tankers from exporting oil.
All this is part of a campaign by the Trump administration to remove Maduro from power.
But in an interview broadcast on Venezuelan state TV, Maduro called for a fresh start.
He said the two countries should engage in, quote, serious talks about fighting drug trafficking and said U.S.
companies could return to Venezuela to produce oil.
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