The US Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration (TSA) asked the air carriers issuing tickets for travel between the United States and Venezuela to warn its passengers that they cannot vouch for the security of those flights.

The highest US transportation security agency is not satisfied with Venezuelan actions to assess security measures at international airports, and therefore it asked air carriers to notify ticket purchasers in writing  that the Venezuelan authorities has denied the visit of TSA officials to determine full compliance with their standards.

TSA regrets that the Venezuelan government has refused to allow in its international airports the checkups that are usually applied in the airports of other 134 countries. This is a situation that has already been made public, but that was denounced on Monday afternoon through the website of the TSA.

Officials at the US Embassy are sure that the measures of the TSA will not affect the flights between the two countries. However, air carrier associations lamented that users have to witness the differences between the Venezuelan and US authorities.