I really gotta take some classes on name pronunciations!

So, allegedly there are Venezuelans in Colorado causing havoc, the US decides to seize Venezuelan President Maduro's plane. This won't escalate things at all ... and CO officials said there is no evidence of gangs taking over apartment complexes. Denver 7 (ABC) says, "APD investigated a claim of a Venezuelan gang takeover of an apartment building but found no evidence that gang members were in control."

Seized plane?

ABC's coverage of the seized plane (source).

"This morning, the Justice Department seized an aircraft we allege was illegally purchased for $13 million through a shell company and smuggled out of the United States for use by Nicolás Maduro and his cronies," Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement. "The Department will continue to pursue those who violate our sanctions and export controls to prevent them from using American resources to undermine the national security of the United States."

Perry doesn't deserve less, but I wish others had more attention like this.

LOS ANGELES – A licensed physician and an alleged San Fernando Valley drug dealer were arrested today in connection with the death of actor Matthew Perry, who suffered a fatal ketamine overdose in October 2023.

In total, five defendants, including two doctors, have been charged in this matter, according to court documents unsealed today.

The defendants arrested today are charged in an 18-count superseding indictment returned on Wednesday with distributing ketamine to Perry during the final weeks of the actor’s life:

• Jasveen Sangha, 41, a.k.a. “The Ketamine Queen,” of North Hollywood; and

• Dr. Salvador Plasencia, 42, a.k.a. “Dr. P,” of Santa Monica.

• Erik Fleming, 54, of Hawthorne, who pleaded guilty on August 8 to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death. Fleming admitted in court documents that he distributed the ketamine that killed Perry. He further admitted to obtaining the ketamine from his source, Sangha, and to distributing 50 vials of ketamine to Perry’s live-in personal assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa – half of them four days before Perry’s death.

• Kenneth Iwamasa, 59, of Toluca Lake, who conspired with Sangha, Fleming, and Plasencia to illegally obtain ketamine and distribute it to Perry. Iwamasa, who pleaded guilty on August 7 to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine causing death, admitted to repeatedly injecting Perry with ketamine without medical training, including performing multiple injections on Perry on October 28, 2023 – the day Perry died.

• Dr. Mark Chavez, 54, of San Diego, a physician who has agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine. Chavez admitted in his plea agreement to selling ketamine to Plasencia, including ketamine that he had diverted from his former ketamine clinic. Chavez also obtained additional ketamine to transfer to Plasencia by making false representations to a wholesale ketamine distributor and by submitting a fraudulent prescription in the name of a former patient without that patient’s knowledge or consent. --link

Be safe!