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The Venezuelan dictator, Nicolás MaduroThis mars said that it is “a ridiculous” that the Colombian president, Iván Duque, asks the opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who almost 60 countries recognize as the president in charge of Venezuela, the extradition of former Congresswoman Aída Merlano.
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“I ask permission not to laugh, it’s a real ridiculous”Said Maduro at a meeting of his party broadcast on state television VTV.
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“Here are legitimate authorities,” He added in reference to the heads of the Justice bodies of his Government. “They work, Venezuela works much better than Colombia,” He continued.
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“As is known to all, Colombia, along with several countries in Latin America and the rest of the world, does not recognize and, therefore, has no diplomatic relations with the dictatorial regime of Nicolás Maduro,” The Colombian Ministry of Justice said in a statement.
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But Maduro ruled out that Guaido, which a little more than a year ago proclaimed an interim government that recognizes more than 50 countries, with the United States leading, have the power to extradite Merlano.
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“Send your letter, Duke, to Guaidó, commit another imbecility, to see who Guaidó sends you”, said.
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In that regard, he said that Venezuelan police forces have arrested “More than 30” people requested by the Colombian Justice, and that have not been extradited because there is no “to whom to deliver them in Colombia” in view of the “stubbornness” with which Duke acts.
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“What it has brought is backwardness”Maduro said about the relationship between the two countries in view of Duque’s policy with the Venezuelan regime. “Porky is an obtuse, Porky is a gross obtuse like him alone”he insisted.
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Merlano was a representative to the Chamber between 2014 and 2018 and her investiture as a senator for the 2018-2022 period was canceled in September 2018 by the State Council for exceeding the maximum expenses established by law for the financing of electoral campaigns.
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The Colombian State Council explained that the National Electoral Council (CNE) set the maximum allowed for campaigns at about $ 252,800.
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Nevertheless, Merlano spent about $ 494,900 on his candidacy, according to the evidence collected by the Attorney General’s Office.
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Maduro said today that the woman “is telling” the Venezuelan authorities about alleged “corruption networks in Colombia”, a country with which Venezuela has an extensive and porous border that exceeds 2,000 kilometers.
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The Venezuelan attorney general, Tarek William Saab, He reported Tuesday that Merlano was presented for an initial hearing before a court in the state of Zulia, and that he was charged with the crimes of “identity theft, use of false documents and association to commit crimes”.
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