US EditionTrump's Seizure of Maduro Raises Thorny Legal Questions
Maduro and his wife were arrested without U.S. casualties; prosecutors cite extensive evidence of drug trafficking and expect a legal battle over head-of-state immunity.
- On Saturday, U.S. forces took Nicolás Maduro, who was later displayed aboard the USS Iwo Jima, and President Donald Trump confirmed Maduro and his wife were arrested without U.S. casualties.
- U.S. prosecutors allege Maduro led a drug-trafficking network using foreign bank accounts, citing an extensive record and a New York indictment that strengthens the case.
- Legal advisers say Maduro will reargue the Noriega-era defenses after a similar U.S. 'snatch and grab' and prosecution in Florida, while courts previously rejected many of Manuel Noriega's immunity arguments.
- Congressional Democrats condemned the operation as illegal and some called for impeachment, while Jonathan Turley said courts will likely accept the capture's legality.
- The administration dismissed demands for `proof of life` from Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuelan Vice President, while the case roils Capitol Hill and precedent noted by Jonathan Turley may favor prosecution.
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Can Venezuela’s New Leader Keep the U.S. Happy and Her Elites in Line?
Delcy Rodríguez, the new leader of Venezuela, is in a tough spot. She has to contend with the coercive demands of the U.S. government, which just seized her predecessor. But she also has to maintain the loyalty of her country’s ruling elites. After a U.S. military operation captured President Nicolás Maduro and flew him to New York to stand trial on drug charges, President Trump indicated that the United States would allow Mr. Maduro’s inner cir…
Poilievre, Carney show support for Maduro capture as NDP’s interim leader denounces it
From LifeSiteNews By Anthony Murdoch Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre happily welcomed the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro by the United States on Saturday and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney seemed to approve 0as well. In a statement posted to X over the weekend, Poilievre, whose wife is from Venezuela, thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for the capture of Maduro. “Congratulations to President Trump on successfully …
Sen. John Fetterman praises Trump administration’s capture of Maduro in Venezuela: ‘Appropriate and surgical’
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., on Monday praised President Donald Trump’s order to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, breaking with most Democrats’ messaging on the military operation that took place early Saturday without congressional authorization.
William Watson: Are we for Maduro’s arrest or against it?
The hottest places in hell, John F. Kennedy used to say, loosely channelling Dante, are reserved for those who in a time of moral crisis preserve their neutrality. I was only halfway through Foreign Minister Anita Anand’s reaction on X to the arrest and relocation of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife from Caracas to a New York City jail when that thought came to mind.
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