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The 'Law Enforcement' Rationale for Invading Venezuela Is an Open-Ended License for War

If an indictment is enough to justify military action, why bother seeking congressional approval?

Reason

The legality of Maduro’s trial will all come down to an opinion written in 1989 by … Bill Barr

The precedent is the removal of Panama's Manuel Noriega, which relied on a 1989 legal opinion by then-Assistant Attorney General Bill Barr.

Fortune

Marco Rubio Seemingly Attacks Biden-Era $25 Million Bounty on Maduro: 'No One Takes That Seriously'

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio criticised how Biden administration handled previous bounty on Maduro while praising Trump's recent operations.

International Business Times UK

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Fury Explodes As Trump's Drug Crackdown Jails Maduro — but Pardons a Proven Trafficker

Trump's drug war escalation, jailing Venezuela's Maduro, while pardoning a trafficker, sparks global outrage and sharp questions on US policy consistency and the rule of law.

International Business Times UK

Maduro’s case will revive a legal debate over immunity for foreign leaders tested in Noriega trial

When Nicolás Maduro appears in a New York courtroom to face U.S. drug charges, he'll be following follow a path taken Panama's Manuel Noriega, another strongman who was toppled by American forces

The Independent UK

After capture and removal, Venezuela's Maduro is being held at notorious Brooklyn jail

The New York jail holding Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is a facility so troubled, some judges have refused to send people there even as it has housed such famous inmates as music stars R. Kelly and Sean “Diddy” Combs

The Independent UK

Maduro’s capture had the world’s ear – but Trump returned to petty gripes

Though he also discussed plans to ‘run’ Venezuela, the US president could not resist upending his moment of glory

The Guardian - US

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US capture of Maduro rests on criminal case - Roll Call

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife will face criminal charges in the United States after a military raid to secure his arrest.

Roll Call

Trump’s inner circle surprised by his recent pardon spree: report

Top Trump aide left blindsided by president’s controversial clemency spree

The Independent UK

Newsom finds new way to troll Trump with website tracking president’s ‘criminal cronies’

Gavin Newsom has launched a new site to ‘detail the criminal records, corruption cases, and extremist ties of the people Donald Trump elevates, protects, pardons, and surrounds himself with’

The Independent UK

Why is Trump so obsessed with Venezuela? His new security strategy provides some clues

Two centuries ago, US President James Monroe declared the Western Hemisphere off-limits to European powers in what would became known in history books as the “Monroe Doctrine”.

The Conversation

Honduras president alleges ‘electoral coup’ under way amid Trump ‘interference’

Xiomara Castro alleges US manipulation and blackmail as preliminary count shows two rightwing candidates closely tied

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Honduran president thanks God – and Trump – for drug-trafficking pardon

Juan Orlando Hernández thanked the Lord for being ‘a free man’ and then Trump for ‘changing my life’

The Guardian - US

How Donald Trump’s pardon wave is ‘normalizing corruption’

NEWS ANALYSIS: The president’s historic pardon streak has let wealthy executives and powerful public figures off the hook, writes Alex Woodward

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - US

Colombia’s president warns Trump: ‘Do not wake the jaguar’ with threats of military strikes

Gustavo Petro responded to intimations by US president of military strikes on Colombian soil to fight drug trafficking

The Guardian - UK

Trump frees ex-Honduran president from prison as country awaits knife-edge election result

Release of convicted cocaine trafficker Juan Orlando Hernández is latest US interference in election and comes despite Trump’s apparent ‘war on drugs’

Axios

Trump wields pardons as purest form of power

No president has used pardons more openly as a tool of personal and ideological loyalty than Trump.

The Guardian - US

Trump move to pardon Honduras’s ex-president shows counter-drug effort is ‘based on lies and hypocrisy’

Why has Trump blown up alleged narco boats in the Caribbean and at the same time decided to let a big-time trafficker off the hook?

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‘It was a Biden setup’: Trump awkwardly justifies pardon of Honduran president who smuggled hundreds of tonnes of narcotics into the United States

Trump says he's "looked at the facts". Can't say what facts.

Benzinga

Sam Bankman-Fried 'Glad; Trump Plans To Pardon Former Honduran President Who Was Once His Prison Inmate

Convicted cryptocurrency fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried defended former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, calling his arrest for drug-related crimes a “travesty.”

Euronews

Vote count under way in Honduras in close presidential race after Trump’s intervention

Trump shocked Hondurans on Friday by endorsing one of the candidates and announcing that he would pardon ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was serving a 45-year sentence in a US prison for drug trafficking.

International Business Times UK

Trump Slams Venezuela Over Drug Issues, but Pardons Honduras' Ex-Leader in Cocaine Scandal — Critics See Double Standard

Donald Trump has intensified US-Venezuela tensions over alleged drug trafficking while pardoning a convicted Honduran cocaine trafficker, drawing criticism for a perceived double standard.

Benzinga

Trump Plans To Pardon Former Honduran President

President Donald Trump said he plans to pardon ex-Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who is serving a lengthy U.S. sentence for drug-related crimes.

International Business Times UK

Trump Says He Will Pardon Honduran Ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández and Backs Tito Asfura Ahead of Election

Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, convicted in 2024 for major cocaine trafficking, is back in the spotlight after US President Trump announced plans for a full pardon.

The Guardian - US

Trump to pardon ex-Honduras leader serving drug trafficking sentence in US

Hernández was convicted in 2024 of accepting millions in bribes to protect cocaine shipments

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