Following what President Donald Trump referred to as a massive military assault against the South American nation, the United States on Saturday announced charges against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro related to drug trafficking and terrorism.
Maduro and his wife, who were already expelled from Venezuela by the US military, according to Washington, “will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts,” Attorney General Pamela Bondi wrote on X.
Bondi remembered that the Maduros were charged with “Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy, Cocaine Importation Conspiracy” before a federal court in New York.
In a post on his Truth Social account, Trump revealed the development, stating that Maduro had been taken prisoner by American forces and flown out of Venezuela.
“Venezuela’s leader, President Nicolas Maduro, has been captured and flown out of the country after the United States of America successfully carried out a large-scale strike against him and his wife,” Trump tweeted.
The operation was executed in cooperation with U.S. law enforcement organizations, he continued.
He said, “U.S. Law Enforcement was involved in this operation.”
Additionally, Trump declared that he will discuss the issue in more detail during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida at 11:00 a.m. (1600 GMT).
Trump’s two-week Christmas and New Year’s holiday at the resort is coming to a close when the news is made.
Additional information about the allegations and the operation’s circumstances was not immediately made public.
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