Patel: The FBI was involved in the arrest of Maduro
FBI Director Cash Patel announced on Monday that the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team was involved in the operation that led to the kidnapping of Venezuelan Preside Nicolas Maduro and his wife Celia Flores by the United States.
According to RCO News Agency, Patel said in an ierview with “Fox News” news channel: “The forces of the hostage rescue team are a specialized tactical unit. They were deployed along with infiltration forces as well as in-sea forces to carry out this daring raid and arrest operation.
He further added that the FBI is responsible for the transfer of foreign detainees in order to “ensure the preservation of the person’s deteion from the mome of arrest in ground operations to sea transfer and then air transfer.”
US Preside Donald Trump announced that Maduro and Flores will be tried on charges of participating in “narco-terrorism” and creating threats, including against the United States. Venezuela and Colombia demanded an urge meeting of the United Nations Security Council in response to the hostile action of the United States.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, expressing solidarity with the people of Venezuela, called for the release of Maduro and his wife, as well as to preve further escalation of the situation. After Moscow, Beijing also demanded the immediate release of Maduro and his wife, emphasizing that US actions violate iernational law.
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