Maduro dictatorship issues arrest warrants for 16 other Argentines in connection with Amtrasur plane crash
He Nicolas Maduro regime Diplomatic tension increased this Monday argentina By issuing arrest warrants against several Argentine judicial officials and public figures related to the case. amtrasureThe Venezuelan-Iranian plane was kept in Buenos Aires since 2022 and was flown to the United States last February.
tarek william saabThe Venezuelan Attorney General announced that an arrest warrant has been requested against the deputy gerardo millmanJudge Federico Villanes, Carlos Valefin, Roberto Lemos Arias, Pablo Bertuzzi, leopoldo bruglia And Mariano Llorens,
The list of wanted people also extends to the deputy ricardo lopez murphySecurity Minister of Buenos Aires waldo wolfeBuenos Aires city legislator Yamil SantoroAdvocate Maria Eugenia Talerico, Advocate leonardo camicherProsecutors Carlos Stornelli, Cecilia Incardona, diego iglesias And franco rinaldi, Commercial Aviation Specialist.
According to Saab, the charges include aggravated robbery, money laundering, unlawful deprivation of liberty, imitation of punishable acts, unlawful interference, disabling of aircraft and aiding and abetting the commission of a crime.
Argentine authorities have not yet officially reacted to the measure, which represents a new turn in the ongoing strong diplomatic crisis between the two countries, which began with the arrival of . xavier miley For the Argentine presidency and what went wrong later Fake presidential elections in the Caribbean country.
The case over which the Maduro regime is promoting the arrest of Argentine officials is the case of the Venezuelan-Iranian plane, whose The crew members were suspected of espionage and were held in Buenos Aires until deported to the United States in 2022. Earlier this year, after Miley ascended to the presidency and at the request of Washington.
He Boeing 747-300M Dreamliner Cargo, which was owned by an Iranian company great air And currently they belonged to Venezuelan airline Amtraksur’s subsidiary. ConviasaDespite objections and threats from Caracas, he left for the United States on 12 February, which materialized a month later. Restrictions on your country’s airspace for aircraft arriving from or departing from Argentina.
Before today’s order, Maduro dictatorship They had already issued arrest warrants against Miley, her sister, Presidential Secretary General Karina Miley and Security Minister Patricia Bullrich.,
At the time, Argentina responded by rejecting the arrest warrant and shedding light on the case amtrasure “It was resolved by the judiciary, an independent power upon which the executive cannot and should not interfere in the application of any international agreement.”
“The Argentine Government reminds the Venezuelan regime that while the separation of powers and the independence of judges prevail in the Argentine Republic, unfortunately this is not the case in Venezuela under the regime of Nicolás Maduro,” Argentina’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
After decades of harmony between the two countries – from the bond between the already departed Nestor Kirchner (2003-2007) and hugo chavez Till participation (1999–2013) Alberto Fernandez (2019-2023) In pro-dialogue contacts in Venezuela – Miley and Maduro symbolize an ideological and unrestricted deliberative duality, which now also has judicial and diplomatic correlates.
the dispute is over amtrasure What happened next follows Presidential elections in Venezuela on July 28In which Maduro was declared the winner in the considered result. Danger By part of the international community, including Argentina.
On September 6, the Argentine Foreign Ministry urged International Criminal Court (ICC) requested an arrest warrant against Maduro and “other leaders of the regime” given “the worsening of the situation” following the presidential elections, after rejoining in July 2018 against the Caribbean country before the ICC. Complaint was registered. Nation.
Additionally, in mid-month, Argentine prosecutors Carlos Stornelli -One of the people targeted by the arrest warrants of today’s Chavista dictatorship- and jose aguero Iturbe He demanded the Federal Chamber of Buenos Aires to order the investigation and capture of Maduro and his right-hand man, diosdado hairThe verdict also extended to approximately thirty military and intelligence agents accused of being responsible for torture, kidnappings and executions in their country, within the framework of a “systematic plan”.
However, the most resonant episode of recent months was Expulsion of Argentine diplomats from the embassy in Caracas By the Maduro regime, in response to a Miley executive’s complaint of fraud, this is a particularly sensitive issue given that The South American country’s diplomatic headquarters granted asylum to six Venezuelan dissidents.
In view of this, the Brazilian government agreed in early August to take charge of the headquarters and care for opposition asylum seekers there; However, something that has sparked new acrimony with Venezuela, which announced earlier this month it would revoke the South American giant’s authorization to protect the building and opened a new chapter in regional diplomatic tensions.