Nothing is new or at least that is what the United States and Donald Trump have shown with the . The episode has been repeated. And we say this because It is reminiscent, to a large extent, of the arrest of the dictator of Panama, .
On that occasion, What we know so far is that the US has attacked several strategic areas of Venezuela and has done so at dawn.
“The United States has successfully carried out a large-scale attack against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolás Maduro, who He was captured and flown, along with his wife, out of the country.“Trump said in a message on Truth Social.
Accused of drug trafficking
Hours after this message, in an operation that has been carried out “in collaboration with US law enforcement“, the Attorney General of the United States, Pam Bondi, has announced that both the Venezuelan president and his wife, Cilia Flores, will be tried, accused of narcoterrorism.
“Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been charged in the Southern District of New York. Nicolás Maduro has been charged with narco-terrorist conspiracy, conspiracy to import cocaine, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices against the United States,” he said.
In case there was any doubt, he assured that both Nicolás Maduro and his wife “will soon face the wrath of American justice.” on US soil and in US courts“.
Similar accusations to those faced by Manuel Noriega. On December 20, 1989, the United States carried out the so-called ‘Operation Just Cause’. With it, they tried to put an end to the dictatorship of the Panamanian president. After seeking shelter for several days, On January 3, 1990, he ended up surrendering. Just on January 3rd.
Noriega was transferred to Miami, Florida, under the custody of DEA agents and the US Army. He was tried and convicted in the United States on charges similar to those of Maduro: drug trafficking, money laundering and organized crime. For this, he received a sentence of 40 years in prison.
36 years later, the situation has been repeated. The United States, far from what international law indicates, has entered foreign territory to arrest the leader of a country and try to continue the same steps that he took in Panama, applying forced democracy in the country. Now we just have to know what the next chapters will be, what will happen to Maduro and his wife and, above all, if Venezuela will experience a similar change.
