Overview
- Reports state U.S. forces conducted a military operation in Venezuela that led to the extraction and detention of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife on narcoterrorism allegations.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum amplified the Foreign Ministry’s statement rejecting the action as a breach of Article 2(4) of the U.N. Charter.
- The Senate’s Mesa Directiva, led by Laura Itzel Castillo Juárez, condemned the intervention as contrary to international law and urged the United Nations to act to preserve continental peace.
- Supreme Court minister Lenia Batres issued a public repudiation and endorsed the call to respect the U.N. Charter and restore regional calm.
- Mexico City’s head of government, Clara Brugada, denounced the operation and appealed for U.N. and regional bodies to move swiftly to prevent further escalation.