\n Argentine authorities on Wednesday requested the extradition of deposed Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro from the United States to face charges of crimes against humanity, according to a court ruling obtained by AFP.\n<\/p>\n
\n An Argentine judge evoked the principle of universal jurisdiction to request that Maduro, who was captured by US forces on January 3 and taken to New York, be handed over for questioning in connection with allegations of grave rights abuses.\n<\/p>\n
\n The principle holds that some crimes are so heinous they can prosecuted in countries other than where they are alleged to have been committed.\n<\/p>\n
\n In 2024, Argentine authorities had already requested the arrest of then president Maduro in a case stemming from complaints filed by the George and Amal Clooney Foundation (CFJ) and the Argentine Forum for the Defense of Democracy (FADD).\n<\/p>\n
\n In 2023, the two organizations filed a complaint against the Venezuelan government for human rights violations before Argentina's courts, citing the principle of universal jurisdiction.\n<\/p>\n
\n Both complaints were later consolidated into a single case.\n<\/p>\n
\n Prosecutors accuse Maduro and powerful Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello of orchestrating \"a systematic plan of repression, enforced disappearances, torture, killings, and persecution against a portion of the civilian population\" beginning in 2014.\n<\/p>\n
\n Argentina has previously applied universal jurisdiction to investigate allegations of grave crimes by Myanmar's military and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.\n<\/p>\n
\n Several European countries, including France, Spain and Germany, also prosecute some of the worst crimes known to man, regardless of where they were committed.\n<\/p>\n
\n Maduro is accuses of drug trafficking and other crimes in the United States.\n<\/p>\n
\n His next court hearing is scheduled for March 17 in New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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