In a Foreign Ministry statement, the Argentine Government called for the detention of Venezuela’s president after sending a letter urging the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to request these arrests.
The Argentine Government called for the arrest of Nicolás Maduro and “other leaders of the Venezuelan regime” before the International Criminal Court.
The government today urged the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to ask the Pre-Trial Chamber to issue arrest warrants against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and other “leaders of the Venezuelan regime.”
In a Foreign Ministry statement titled “Arrest Warrant Against Maduro and Other Leaders of the Venezuelan Regime: Call to the ICC Prosecutor,” the request was made.
“Given the worsening situation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela since July 28 and the commission of new acts that could be considered crimes against humanity, the Argentine Republic urges the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to ask the Pre-Trial Chamber to issue arrest warrants against Nicolás Maduro and other leaders of the regime,” the statement said.
It also noted, “As indicated in the Argentine Government’s letter to be presented to the Prosecutor’s Office next Monday, the evidence collected during the ICC’s ongoing investigations (‘Situation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela I’) and the events following the presidential elections of July 28 are sufficient grounds to justify the issuance of the mentioned arrest warrants.”
“The Argentine Republic rejoined the referral on the situation in the Bolivarian Republic, initially made in 2018, after withdrawing from it in 2021,” the statement added.
This move by the Argentine Government comes weeks after, in coordination with countries in the region, Central America, Africa, and Europe, it called for an end to the repression of Venezuelan citizens that erupted after the National Electoral Council declared Maduro the winner with just over 51.2%, compared to 44.2% for his main rival, Edmundo González Urrutia, who has been under an arrest warrant since last Monday.
