America says it has captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro following what was described as a large-scale U.S. strike on the Venezuelan capital, Caracas.
U.S. President Donald Trump, saying the event, stated Maduro had been taken into U.S. custody and that “additional particulars will observe.”
Nonetheless, Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodríguez rejected the declare, saying the federal government is unaware of the whereabouts of President Maduro and First Girl Cilia Flores. CNN quotes Rodríguez as saying the U.S. assault resulted within the deaths of presidency officers, army personnel, and civilians throughout the nation.
The Trump administration has lengthy accused Maduro of prison exercise and has sought to prosecute him by way of the U.S. authorized system. Throughout Trump’s first time period in 2020, the U.S. Division of Justice charged Maduro within the Southern District of New York with “narco-terrorism,” conspiracy to import cocaine into the USA, and associated offenses.
On the time, U.S. officers accused Maduro of main the so-called “Cartel of the Suns,” allegations the Venezuelan authorities has constantly denied, calling them politically motivated.
