"Hours after U.S. forces seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, from their home in Caracas, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on X that Maduro would soon "face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts." Bondi's wording aside-typically lawyers understand the legal system as dispensing impartial justice, not "wrath" -the post underscores the administration's claim that the Venezuelan invasion was justified because the United States was arresting a criminal defendant who has been charged with drug trafficking."
"Gisela Salim-Peyer: 'Have fun in jail' In significant part, the charging document repeats the allegations already set out by the government in a 2020 indictment against the Venezuelan leader, accusing Maduro of involvement in a cocaine-trafficking network stretching across the Western Hemisphere. The specific charges are the same: conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and to collaborate with narco-terrorist organizations to do so."
U.S. forces seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife from their Caracas home and moved to prosecute him in American courts. Attorney General Pam Bondi stated Maduro would "face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts." The indictment largely mirrors a 2020 charging document, accusing Maduro of running a cocaine-trafficking network across the Western Hemisphere and charging him with conspiring to import cocaine and collaborating with narco-terrorist organizations. Prosecutors also added two gun charges tied to the narcotics allegations. Maduro retains legal options to challenge the prosecution, but none guarantees dismissal.
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