Overview

• Speaking in Rome, President Gabriel Boric said one of the suspects in the murder of Ronald Ojeda is the regime of Nicolás Maduro.
• Chilean prosecutors advance a theory that members of the Tren de Aragua’s Los Piratas faction carried out the crime in Santiago on orders from Venezuela.
• Investigative testimony has mentioned Diosdado Cabello as a possible mastermind, but prosecutors say the evidence does not yet meet the threshold to charge him.
• Authorities report 13 people in pretrial detention and 26 others detained, with at least two suspects formally charged, including one extradited from Costa Rica in November 2024.
• Venezuelan officials reject the accusation, with Prosecutor General Tarek William Saab asserting the case is being manipulated to discredit the government.