US EditionArgentina requests extradition of Maduro from the US on crimes against humanity charges
Argentina seeks Maduro’s extradition under universal jurisdiction for alleged crimes against humanity, including torture and disappearances, following his U.S. capture last month.
- On Wednesday, Argentine federal judge Sebastián Ramos requested U.S. extradition of Nicolás Maduro after his capture last month by the U.S. military.
- Filed in Buenos Aires in 2023, the case relies on universal jurisdiction and includes Venezuelan plaintiffs alleging torture, arbitrary detention, and enforced disappearance by security forces.
- The warrant ordered urgent translation of the international request and attached documentation and was signed by Argentine federal judge Sebastián Ramos, citing the 1997 extradition treaty and Maduro’s recent capture.
- Argentina's foreign ministry must now present the request to the Trump administration, which the warrant says is unlikely to comply, while President Javier Milei cheered the U.S. military seizure of Maduro.
- Argentina's rare use of extraterritorial prosecution positions it centrally in global human-rights cases, as one of few countries whose law permits probes beyond its borders, and human rights organizations hailed the request as a milestone for Venezuelan victims.
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Argentine judge Sebastián Ramos has requested this Wednesday the extradition of the President of Venezuela,...
The case opened against the former president of Venezuela in Argentina was initiated in 2023 by a complaint filed by the Argentine Forum for the Defense of Democracy (FADD) Read
Argentine judge Sebastián Ramos requested on Wednesday the extradition of the former president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, imprisoned in New York following the U.S. military attack in Caracas on 3 January, alleging violations of human rights. “I urge the United States internationally, in order to request the extradition of Nicolás Maduro, who was recently arrested in Venezuela and transferred to the United States, in accordance with the Extrad…
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Argentina seeks Maduro extradition over crimes against humanity
BUENOS AIRES: Argentine authorities on Wednesday requested the extradition of deposed Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro from the United States to face charges of crimes against humanity, according to a court ruling obtained by AFP.
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