Asunción, Agencia IP.- The Paraguayan government, through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs, issued a statement indicating that it is “closely observing the current events in Venezuela and calls for prioritizing democratic paths that guarantee an orderly transition.
Early Saturday morning, April 3, US President Donald Trump announced that elite troops had successfully conducted a «large-scale attack against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolás Maduro, who, along with his wife, was captured and airlifted out of the country.» Bombings were reported in the capital, Caracas, against military targets. The number of wounded or dead is unknown.
Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are accused by the US State Department and the US Attorney General of leading the «Cartel of the Suns» and are formally charged with international drug and arms trafficking.
Maduro’s capture comes in response to growing international pressure and attacks by US forces against boats accused of leaving Venezuela with drugs bound for the United States, in which approximately 115 people died.
Paraguay also joins the international pressure and the accusation against Maduro. «Our country had previously warned about the unsustainable trajectory of Venezuela under the leadership of Nicolás Maduro, head of the Cartel of the Suns (…), declared a terrorist organization by national authorities. The departure of the leader of this terrorist organization must immediately pave the way for the restoration of the rule of law, allowing the popular will expressed at the ballot box to be the sole driving force behind Venezuela’s reconstruction,» the statement concludes.