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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
John Bowden

Rubio dodges questions on Trump’s pardoning of drug trafficker after Maduro charges

Secretary of State Marco Rubio tried on Sunday to shed more daylight on the Trump administration’s plan for a path forward in Venezuela after the abduction of Nicolas Maduro, the country’s president, and his wife in a military raid on Saturday.

But the secretary was unable to clearly say who the U.S. saw running the country even in the immediate term or explain why Maduro was being treated differently than former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, whom Trump pardoned for drug trafficking offenses last month.

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