Is this attack on Venezuela by Trump illegal?

Capture of Madero, bombing of bases and the previous murder of individuals on small boats, possibly drug traffickers and the talk of opposition collusion with the US 🇺🇸.

What happens to international law if the biggest bully on the block ignores it?

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dale74 · M

International law found him guilty back in 2013 but has done nothing for the last 13 years

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@dale74 He has not been tried before an international court. He was indicted in 2020 by Trump's first administration, and this is the pre-text of his current arrest. But the "narco-terrorism" allegations come from Trump alone and are at odds with the relatively small amounts of cocaine produced in Venezuela.

Many other nations would like to hold Maduro to account for corrupting Venezuela's general election in 2024, but for some reason this is of less interest to Trump.

dale74 · M

@SunshineGirl different charges but he is guilty from 2013 for atrocities against the Venezuelan people from the international Court

MethDozer · M

@dale74
Wrong

No, Nicolás Maduro was not formally charged in 2013; he became President of Venezuela in 2013, but the major U.S. criminal charges for "narco-terrorism" and drug trafficking were filed much later, in March 2020, by the United States Department of Justice.

The primary charges against Maduro were announced by the United States Department of Justice in March 2020. These charges, including narco-terrorism, drug trafficking, and money laundering, were filed in U.S. federal court, not an international one. The U.S. government offered a reward for information leading to his arrest.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) did open a separate investigation into alleged crimes against humanity committed in Venezuela since at least February 2014, but this was a later development and is an ongoing investigation, not a conviction or a charge in 2013.