Fatimah Otunsanya
US President Donald Trump says Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro will appear in a US court on Monday after his weekend capture by American forces.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday, Trump said there is possibility of another incursion if the United States doesn’t get its way with the country’s interim leader.
He added that he could order another strike if Venezuela does not cooperate with US efforts to open up its oil industry and stop drug trafficking.
He also threatened military action in Colombia and Mexico and said Cuba’s communist regime ‘looks like it’s ready to fall’on its own.
NjgeriaTodayTimes reports that Maduro was detained during a military raid on Saturday in Caracas the capital of Vanezuela which drew international concern and plunged the country into uncertainty.
Trump administration officials have portrayed the seizure as a law-enforcement action to hold Maduro accountable for criminal charges filed in 2020 that accuse him of narco-terrorism conspiracy.
But Trump himself has said other factors were at play, saying the raid was prompted in part by an influx of Venezuelan immigrants to the United States and the country’s decision to nationalize US oil interests decades ago.
“We’re taking back what they stole. We’re in charge,” he said.