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foreign media: venezuela's attorney general's office requested an arrest warrant for opposition leader gonzalez, and the venezuelan court approved it

2024-09-03

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[global network report] according to reuters, the venezuelan attorney general's office requested an arrest warrant for opposition leader gonzalez on monday (september 2), accusing him of other crimes including incitement. according to the latest news from afp, a venezuelan court approved the arrest warrant for gonzalez on the same day.

according to reuters, the venezuelan attorney general's office posted a letter to the court specializing in terrorism cases on the social platform instagram on the 2nd. the prosecutor requested an arrest warrant for gonzalez on charges of "usurpation of power, forgery of public documents", all of which are suspected of targeting the country of venezuela.

venezuelan president maduro file photo source: foreign media

according to afp, the venezuelan attorney general's office said on instagram late on the 2nd that the court had approved gonzalez's request for an arrest warrant for "serious crimes."

while reporting the above news, reuters mentioned that on september 2, local time, the united states seized a plane frequently used by venezuelan president maduro in the dominican republic. according to cctv news, on the same day, the venezuelan government issued a communiqué condemning the us government's previous illegal detention of venezuelan president maduro's plane. the communiqué stated that the us's actions were a crime and an example of its illegal unilateral sanctions in the world. no country or government can ignore international law and take illegal actions. the venezuelan government reserves all rights to pursue its legal responsibilities.

according to xinhua news agency, venezuela held a presidential election on july 28, with a total of 10 candidates participating. the venezuelan national electoral council announced in the early morning of july 29 that the ruling grand patriotic alliance candidate and current president maduro was re-elected president. on august 22, the venezuelan supreme court said that after reviewing the materials received from the venezuelan national electoral council, it was confirmed that the current president maduro won the presidential election held on july 28. the president of the venezuelan supreme court, rodriguez, said through national television that after expert review, it was finally proved that there was no objection to the election materials, and the result that maduro won the election and was re-elected as the president of venezuela was valid. venezuelan foreign minister hill later said that in response to domestic and foreign doubts about the results of the election, the ruling of the supreme court electoral chamber has "put the final word" and hoped that other countries would not interfere in venezuela's internal affairs.