Court in Argentina orders Maduro on international wanted list
A court in the Argentine capital decided to declare Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on an international wanted list because of the accusations of alleged human rights violations. This was reported by the newspaper La Nacion on September 23.
"Today, the federal court decided to instruct Federal Judge Sebastian Ramos to request the international arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to investigate his human rights violations in Argentina," the publication said.
Thus, the members of the court made a satisfactory decision on the request of Argentine prosecutors, who had previously received a complaint from the non-governmental organization "Argentine Forum for the Defense of Democracy", which accused Maduro of allegedly committed crimes against humanity.
Such accusations, according to the court, fall under universal jurisdiction, which is why a court in Argentina has the authority to put the Venezuelan leader on an international wanted list.
"It is necessary to order the immediate detention, through Interpol, of Nicolas Maduro Moros and [Interior Ministry head] Diosdado Cabello for the purpose of their extradition to Argentina," the publication quotes an excerpt from the judges' ruling.
In addition, according to the court's ruling, the same should happen "with respect to the structures of the intervening command organizations that have been identified or those that have yet to be identified."
Earlier, on September 19, the European Parliament called on the European Union (EU) to issue an arrest warrant against Maduro for alleged crimes against humanity based on gross human rights violations. The EP also demanded that Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia be recognized as head of state.
Before that, on September 6, Argentina also requested the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue an arrest warrant for Maduro for "crimes against humanity." Afterward, on September 18, Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab announced the issuance of an arrest warrant for Argentine President Javier Milay, his sister, Secretary General of the Presidential Administration Carina Milay and Security Minister Patricia Bullrich in the case of the theft of an Emtrasur Airlines plane used by the Venezuelan leader.
Venezuela's presidential election, which Maduro won with 51.2% of the vote, was held on July 28. Speaking to supporters outside the presidential palace, he said his success was a "triumph of peace and stability" and it showed that Venezuela's electoral system was "transparent."
The governments of Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Ecuador later demanded that Venezuelan authorities "fully review the results" of the vote with independent observers present.
U .S. authorities officially recognized the victory of opposition candidate Gonzalez Urrutia in the Venezuelan elections. The State Department said that the announcement by the National Electoral Council as the winner of the election Maduro was not accompanied by any supporting evidence.
The Russian Foreign Ministry, for its part, said that Russia welcomes the successful holding of the popular will in Venezuela and confirms the mood for further cooperation between the countries. Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Maduro on his election victory.
