Maduro says 'I was captured' as he pleads not guilty to drug trafficking charges (apnews.com)
As a head of state, is Maduro immune from prosecution? Was his capture a ‘military abduction’?
US government doesn't recognize Maduro as the legitimate head of state of Venezuela.
Maduro was indicted on working with cartels to facilitate shipping thousands of tons of cocaine to the US. Also of ordering kidnapping, beatings and murders in relation to the alleged drug trade.
‘Secretary of State Marco Rubio had tried to strike a more cautious tone on Sunday morning talk shows, saying the U.S. would not govern the country day-to-day other than enforcing an existing ” oil quarantine.”’ AP
Oil rose slightly Monday. Venezuelan oil ‘doesn’t matter,' many concluded.
“If we normalize the kidnapping of a head of state, no country is safe. Today it’s Venezuela. Tomorrow it could be any nation that refuses to submit. This is not a regional problem. It is a direct threat to global political stability,” Maduro Guerra, Maduro's son, stated.