Venezuelan officials have been getting a lot of press lately, and one important voice in the current government has had enough.

Head of Venezuela's Congress Diosdado Cabello announced on Tuesday that he will be suing several news outlets for publishing reports that tie him to the drug trade.

The chief of the National Assembly explained that he would file a lawsuit against the outlets that published stories in January asserting that his bodyguard had gone to the United States in order to testify that Cabello was in charge of a drug ring made up of political and military officials.

Cabello denies having any connection to the drug cartels.

Making his announcement via Twitter, Cabello said that he would sue the Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional, the Venezuelan weekly Tal Cual, the online news site La Patilla, and the Spanish newspaper ABC, which was the first media outlet to release the the report.

The media do not seem to be afraid.

As reported in The Associated Press, Miguel Otero, the head of El Nacional, Miguel Otero, said his newspaper would not change its editorial stance as a result of any impeding legal action.

For many, El Nacional is the last traditional media outlet, which from time to time adopts an an anti-government stance.

Alberto Federido Ravell, editor of La Patilla, declared that his website would stand up for itself and face whatever charges were thrown at it.

Cabello previously threatened to sue ABC as a way to strong arm the newspaper into providing proof of his supposed ties to drug cartel activity.

U.S. officials have for a while now accused top Venezuelan political and military leaders of being tied to the drug trade.

No U.S. official has, as of yet, offered any comment on this case.