Argentine court orders investigation of “alleged crimes” by the Maduro government in Venezuela

The Argentine Court ordered an investigation into the possible responsibility of the Government of Nicolás Maduro for “alleged crimes” committed in Venezuela, within the scope of the “principle of universal justice”, official sources reported this Friday.

The decision was based on the judges Leopoldo Bruglia, Pablo Bertuzzi It is Mariano Llorensfrom the Room I of the Federal Chamber of Buenos Aires, who, in their decision, to which EFE had access, indicated that “it is opportune to assume the universal jurisdiction and extraterritorial jurisdiction of the judicial bodies of the Argentine Republic for their due judgment.”

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The investigation was promoted in 2023 by the Federal Public Ministry Carlos Stonelli, following complaints filed by the Argentine Forum for the Defense of Democracy (FADD) and the Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ), which seek to determine “whether human rights violations were committed in Venezuela with evidence of crimes against humanity by Venezuelan security forces against the opposition”, reported the FADD.

According to the decision, the processes must be carried out “with speed” because they are “essential to counterbalance the criminal actions carried out by the Venezuelan government’s state authorities”.

““If legal requirements are met, the investigation request of those accused here will continue to move forward.” Bruglia and Bertuzzi added.

To this, Llorens added that it is “unpostponable” that the judge decides to “call for an investigative statement” from Maduro, the deputy. God given hair -considered the number two of Chavismo- “and all those identified as responsible” and that those responsible for the “serious violations of human rights and crimes against humanity” reported be brought to justice.

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“It is a historical fact because he (Maduro) will be investigated for torture, forced disappearance of people and imprisonment. (…) It is a true act of justice to put in court those who shed the blood of their people”, the president of FADD, Waldo Wolff, published on the social network

He who has been Minister of Security for the City of Buenos Aires since last December recalled that FADD members were “firm” in the “defense of democracy” at the beginning of 2023, when they protested against the participation of Maduro – who ultimately did not travel for the Celac Summit in Argentina, the country that held the temporary presidency -under the administration of Peronist Alberto Fernández (2019-2023)-.

For your part, Elisa Trotta, secretary general of FADD, stated in a statement that “The world must be smaller for those who seek to remain in power through barbarism.”” and that “torture, forced disappearance, imprisonment and selective persecution are crimes against humanity”, which must be investigated, in addition to International Criminal Court (CPI), “for the justice of countries like Argentina”.

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Recently, following the disappearance of activist Rocío San Miguel, arrested on February 9 after being accused of her alleged connection to a conspiracy that included an assassination plot against Maduro, the FADD expanded its indictment “for crimes against humanity”.

This news is known amid the electoral scenario in Venezuela, a country that will hold its presidential elections on July 28, in which Maduro is seeking re-election.

Source: Elcomercio

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