Overview
- Officials say José Gregorio Noriega entered from Brazil and was located in La Boca’s Caminito before his removal.
- Patricia Bullrich announced the expulsion on X, calling him “patovica de Maduro” and stating he “won’t be back.”
- Voluntad Popular urged action earlier in the week and later praised the decision to remove Noriega from Argentina.
- Noriega was expelled from Voluntad Popular in 2019 over the “Operación Alacrán” bribery scheme and was implicated in a 2020 move to seize the National Assembly.
- He has been under U.S. and EU sanctions since 2020 for undermining Venezuelan democratic institutions, with no Argentine charges or asylum process reported.