Overview
- Buenos Aires governor Axel Kicillof condemned the U.S. strike and detention as a grave breach of international law and regional stability.
- He cited the U.N. and OAS charters and Argentina’s Drago and Calvo doctrines to argue for non-intervention and peaceful dispute resolution.
- The Peronist Party and allied figures issued statements rejecting the bombings and the capture, with references to alleged civilian deaths that remain unverified in these reports.
- Interior Minister Diego Santilli rebuked Kicillof, labeled Maduro a “narcodictator,” and called the U.S. action an important step toward freedom.
- Government officials said ministers were working from early hours on border reinforcements following the episode, after announcing new migration restrictions for Venezuelans linked to the Chavista regime.