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‘Accountability Must Be Real’: Alabama Leaders React to Capture of Nicolás Maduro
- The Weekly Ledger
- Jan 3
- 2 min read
TWLN Staff Reporter | The Weekly Ledger News | National News
WASHINGTON — Alabama leaders are speaking out following the reported capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife during a U.S. operation early Saturday morning.
U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt issued a statement praising the action and calling for Maduro to be prosecuted in the United States, saying the Venezuelan leader “should be held accountable.”
“Nicolás Maduro has faced narco-terrorism charges in the United States for half a decade now, and it’s time he face those charges head-on in a U.S. courtroom,” Aderholt said. “I applaud President Trump for carrying out his duties to ensure Maduro and his wife are brought to justice. Anyone who kills thousands of American lives, as Maduro has done, should be held accountable.”
Aderholt added that the United States must remain firm in confronting regimes that enable criminal networks and drug trafficking.
“America cannot turn a blind eye when foreign regimes enable the flow of deadly narcotics and partner with criminal organizations that destabilize our hemisphere,” he said. “Justice must be pursued, and accountability must be real.”
Maduro was indicted in March 2020 on narco-terrorism conspiracy charges in the Southern District of New York, according to the Associated Press.
President Donald Trump is expected to hold a news conference Saturday at 10 a.m. CST regarding the operation and Maduro’s capture.
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