He also asked for an Interpol red notice – an international arrest warrant – to be issued against him, based on evidence from a US justice investigation and leaked to the press
Venezuela’s attorney general’s office announced Thursday that it had issued an unprecedented arrest warrant for opposition leader Juan Guaido, and also requested an Interpol red notice — an international arrest warrant — against him based on evidence from an investigation. of the US judiciary and were exposed by the press.
Prosecutors were instructed to “issue an arrest warrant against him and submit a request to Interpol for a red notice to pay for his crimes,” prosecutor Tarek William Schaab said.
Exiled in the US, the former “transitional” president of Venezuela is accused by Caracas of treason, money laundering, and organization and gang, among other things.
Mr Guaido “used resources of PdVSA”, the giant state-owned company Petróleos de Venezuela, causing “damages almost equal to or greater than $19 billion”, according to the prosecutor, who cited “revelations” made by the press based on evidence submitted to a “US federal court”.
Once speaker of the House, Juan Guaido declared himself in January 2019 the “transitional president” of Venezuela, following the re-election of socialist President Nicolas Maduro in 2018.
Mr Guaido, in his bid to oust Mr Maduro from power, has relied mainly on the support of Washington, which has imposed a barrage of sanctions on Caracas, including an embargo on Venezuelan oil.
Source :Skai
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