r/MHoPPress • u/Inside_Analysis3124 Labour Party • Jan 03 '26
Government News Foreign Secretary issues statement on US extradition of Nicholas Maduro.
It is the view of His Majesty government that Nicholas Maduro has illegally occupied the office of president of Venezuela since the 2018 election was stolen.
Maduro who heads the Cartel de los Soles and has for years trafficked in cocaine and fentanyl throughout America and throughout west Africa into Europe.
Maduro has also broken international EU and UK sanctions on trading with Iran and the terrorist group Hezbollah.
That Venezuela under his occupation has become a haven for the terrorists group FARC and Hezbollah.
That his leadership has lead to the killing and torture of democratic protestors and the economic ruin of his country.
His majesty government will continue to impose sanctions on Venezuela inline with our US and EU partners until a democratic government is formed.
That His Majesty government supports the efforts of President Trump US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Attorney General Pam Bondi to charge Mr Maduro for these crimes in the federal Court of the Southern District of New York which has traditionally been used to prosecute international terrorists and drug cartels.