Venezuelan court orders arrest of President Javier Milei

A Venezuelan court on Monday issued a “preventive” arrest warrant, previously requested by the Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP, Attorney General’s Office), against Argentine President Javier Milei for “aggravated robbery” and six other crimes related to the case of the Venezuelan-Iranian plane that was held in Buenos Aires and sent to the United States in February.

Through a statement, the Criminal Cassation Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) indicated that after the request of the MP An arrest warrant was issued against Milei, as well as against Argentina’s Secretary General, Karina Milei, and the Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich.

The TSJ stated that the arrest warrant is for the alleged crimes of “aggravated robbery, money laundering, simulation of punishable acts, unlawful deprivation of liberty, unlawful interference in the operational safety of civil aviation and disabling of aircraft and criminal association.”

On September 18, Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab reported the request and processing of the arrest warrant against Milei – against whom he opened “an investigation” – for the “theft” of the Venezuelan-Iranian plane that had been held in Buenos Aires since June 2022 and was sent to the United States last February.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office announced the assignment of two prosecutors specialized in the matter, “those who carry out the relevant procedures in the case.”

Saab also announced the appointment of a “specialized prosecutor in matters of human rights protection to carry out the corresponding investigations” against Milei and Bullrich for “the actions committed against the Argentine people.”

“We could be witnessing serious human rights violations that could constitute crimes against humanity,” he said.

Argentina on the arrest warrant against Milei: It is a ridiculousness

On Friday, the Argentine government He said that he doesn’t care about “nonsense” ((nonsense) what the “dictatorial” Venezuelan Executive says about Milei.

«It’s all ridiculous“A dictatorship does not have to understand the division of powers, but the decision regarding the plane is a judicial decision of Argentina and not of the president of the country,” said presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni at a press conference.

This month, Argentina’s Foreign Ministry urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to request an arrest warrant against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and “other leaders of the regime” in light of “the worsening situation” following the presidential elections in the Caribbean country on July 28.