Venezuela orders arrest of anyone supporting US attack

2026-01-05 20:14:40Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Venezuela orders arrest of anyone supporting US attack
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The Venezuelan government on Monday issued a State of Emergency decree, which grants broad powers to the presidency and orders security forces to arrest "any person involved in promoting or supporting" the United States' attack on the South American country.

The document, which according to CNN is dated January 3, was signed by the now-deposed president Nicolás Maduro, who was captured that morning by US military forces and is currently imprisoned in New York.

"National, state and municipal police agencies must immediately undertake the search and capture throughout the national territory of any person involved in promoting or supporting the armed attack by the United States of America against the territory of the Republic (…) with a view to their criminal prosecution ," states the text of the decree, approved by interim president Delcy Rodríguez.

The decree was drafted and announced in late September, weeks after the start of the US fleet deployment to the Caribbean, but its content was unknown, being updated with the events of the weekend. The measure has the force of law and will remain in effect for 90 days, with the possibility of an extension for another 90 days.

Venezuela's constitution stipulates that, in a state of emergency, a decree grants the president almost complete political, economic and social power over the country. This is the first time this provision has been used since the current constitution was adopted in 1999, which states that it can be declared in the event of a conflict that "seriously threatens the security of the nation, its citizens or its institutions."


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