Argentina notifies Interpol of Maduro’s arrest
An Argentine judge notified the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) on Wednesday of the arrest warrant issued against Nicolás Maduro in a case for possible crimes against humanity processed in Argentine courts, they reported. sources of the complaint.
Federal Judge Sebastián Ramos issued a letter to Interpol, requesting that it “urgently gather” “information that would allow the identification” of Maduro, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Justice and Peace of Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello, and other members of the Venezuelan Executive who have been ordered to be arrested.
In a statement, the Argentine Forum for the Defense of Democracy (FADD), a plaintiff in the case, urged Interpol to “issue red alerts so that the perpetrators of these crimes can be arrested and there can be justice for the victims.”
On Monday, the Federal Court instructed Judge Ramos to “order, via Interpol, the international arrest warrant for extradition to the Argentine Republic” of Maduro, Cabello and other Venezuelan officials to be tried in Argentina for alleged crimes against humanity.
In its ruling, the Federal Court considered that the Venezuelan government leadership has carried out “a systematic plan, over time and in an organized manner” against the civilian population in Venezuela, through practices of “persecution, kidnapping, torture and murder.”
The case, which is being processed in Argentine courts, was initiated in January 2023 by a complaint filed by the FADD based on the principle of universal jurisdiction that allows countries to prosecute serious crimes against human rights regardless of where they were committed and the nationality of those responsible or their victims..
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