PNN – The U.S. Attorney General said: The President of Venezuela and his wife will face the most severe punishment.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, citing the BBC, Pamela Bandi, the U.S. Attorney General, announced that Nicolas Maduro, the President of Venezuela, and his wife, Cilia Flores, are being prosecuted in the Southern District of New York’s jurisdiction.
The U.S. Attorney General accused the President of Venezuela and his wife of being involved in drug trafficking and terrorism.
While the kidnapping of a senior official of a country is a blatant violation of international law, Bandi added: Maduro and his wife will soon face the most severe punishment in U.S. courts.
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Venezuela’s Attorney General: US government responsible for Maduro and his wife’s security
Earlier, Tarek Saab, the Attorney General of Venezuela, condemned the kidnapping of Maduro and demanded his release.
Saab referred to the overthrow and temporary detention of Hugo Chavez in April 2002 and his return to power, describing it as a decisive moment in Venezuela’s political history.
He asked government officials and prosecutors in Venezuela to document the widespread human rights violations in the American operation and directly called on the United Nations and human rights organizations to take action.
The Attorney General of Venezuela said: I ask the United Nations at this moment to speak out. Where are the international human rights institutions to react to this cowardly operation which has taken the lives of the innocent and kidnapped the President and his wife?
Caracas has stated that the goal of Washington’s actions is to establish a puppet government and gain control over Venezuela’s oil resources.
Various countries have declared the U.S. action in kidnapping Maduro as a violation of the territorial sovereignty, integrity, and independence of a United Nations member state.