US Attorney General Bondi says they will soon face full wrath of US justice
Venezuelans celebrate in Bogoti, Colombia, on Saturday, after the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. PIC/AP/PTI
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he spoke with President Donald Trump directly to register his opposition to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife by the US military, as he termed the unilateral attack on a sovereign nation an “act of war”. Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores have been indicted in the Southern District of New York and are being brought to the city to face the charges against them. The extraordinary international development has come just two days after Mamdani was sworn-in as New York City Mayor.
Mamdani was briefed on Saturday morning by his administration officials, including his chief of staff and the police commissioner, on the US military capture of the Venezuelan president and his wife, as well as their planned imprisonment in federal custody here in New York City. Mamdani said the “blatant pursuit of regime change” impacts New Yorkers, including Venezuelans who live in the city. “Unilaterally attacking a sovereign nation is an act of war and a violation of federal and international law.”
Meanwhile, US Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a post on X that Maduro and Flores have been indicted in the Southern District of New York. Maduro has been charged with narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of machine guns and destructive devices and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices against the US. “They will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts,” Bondi said, as she thanked Trump for “having the courage to demand accountability on behalf of the American People, and a huge thank you to our brave military who conducted the incredible and highly successful mission to capture these two alleged international narco traffickers”.
Delcy Rodriguez named acting prez
Venezuela’s Supreme Court directed Vice President Delcy Rodriguez to assume the role of acting president. The late Saturday ruling concluded that President Nicolás Maduro was in a “material and temporary impossibility to exercise his functions”.
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