By EFE
Sep 24, 2024, 1:39 PM EDT
Venezuela’s Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), taken over by Chavismo, issued on Monday a “preventive” arrest warrant, previously requested by the Public Ministry (MP, Prosecutor’s Office), against the president of Argentina, Javier Milei, for “aggravated robbery” and six other crimes related to the case of the Venezuelan-Iranian plane that was detained in Buenos Aires and sent to the United States in February.
In a statement, the Criminal Cassation Chamber of the TSJ explained that, following the request of the MP, the arrest warrant was issued against Milei, as well as against the Secretary General of Argentina, Karina Milei, and the Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich.
The TSJ indicated that the arrest warrant is for the alleged crimes of “aggravated robbery, money laundering, simulation of punishable acts, unlawful deprivation of liberty, unlawful interference in the operational safety of civil aviation and disabling of aircraft and criminal association.”
On September 18, Venezuela’s pro-government attorney general, Tarek William Saab, reported the request and processing of the arrest warrant against Milei – against whom he opened “an investigation” – for the “theft” of the Venezuelan-Iranian plane that had been held in Buenos Aires since June 2022 and was sent to the United States last February.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office announced the assignment of two specialized prosecutors in the matter, “who will carry out the relevant investigations in the case.”
Saab also announced the appointment of a “prosecutor specializing in human rights protection to conduct the corresponding investigations” against Milei and Bullrich for “the actions committed against the Argentine people.”
“We could be witnessing serious human rights violations that could constitute crimes against humanity,” he said.
On Friday, the Argentine government said that it does not care at all about the “nonsense” that the “dictatorial” Venezuelan government says about Milei.
“It’s all ridiculous. A dictatorship doesn’t have to understand the division of powers, but the decision about the plane is a judicial decision of Argentina and not of the president of the country,” said presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni at a press conference.
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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