The Argentine government on Wednesday repudiated the decision of the Venezuelan Prosecutor’s Office to process the request for an arrest warrant against the president, Javier Milei, regarding the case of the Venezuelan-Iranian plane held in Buenos Aires since 2022 and sent to the United States last February.
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“The Argentine Republic repudiates the arrest warrants issued by the Attorney General of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela against the President of the Nation, Javier Milei, the Secretary General of the Presidency, Karina Milei, and the Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, following the incident involving the Emtrasur airline plane,” the Argentine Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
According to Milei’s Government, “The aforementioned case was resolved by the Judiciary, an independent power over which the Executive cannot and should not have any interference, in application of an international agreement.”
“The Argentine government reminds the Venezuelan regime that the separation of powers and the independence of judges prevail in the Argentine Republic, something that unfortunately does not occur in Venezuela under the regime of Nicolás Maduro,” the statement added.
In statements broadcast on state channel VTV on Wednesday, Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab announced that two specialized prosecutors “are processing the arrest warrant” against Milei, her sister Karina and Bullrich.
He explained that, in the case of the plane, which was “completely dismantled” in the United States, according to Venezuelan law, the crimes of “aggravated robbery, money laundering, unlawful deprivation of liberty, simulation of a punishable act, unlawful interference, disabling of aircraft and criminal association” were committed.
On the other hand, Saab reported the appointment of a “specialized prosecutor in matters of protection of human rights to carry out the corresponding investigations” against Milei and Bullrich for “the actions committed against the Argentine people” and asserted that “serious violations of human rights could be present that could constitute crimes against humanity.”
The prosecutor, who called Milei a “fascist” and a “neo-Nazi,” said that Argentina is implementing a “premeditated program of institutional violence” against its population, and he pointed to the Argentine president as “the most ferocious violator of human rights on the continent” and as “a brutal danger for the entire hemisphere.”
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.
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