Venezuela closes its airspace to planes flying to or from Argentina. The measure is in retaliation for the seizure of a cargo plane then handed over to American authorities.
The Boeing 747 cargo plane of the Venezuelan company Emtrasur was grounded in June 2022 in Argentina after arriving from Mexico. The 19 crew members were detained - although free - in Argentina and then gradually allowed to leave the country, as the investigation progressed. Among them were four Iranians, including one suspected by Washington of being a former executive of the Revolutionary Guards.