Grassley, Risch: Biden-Harris Admin Should Work with Western Hemisphere Partners to Arrest and Extradite Maduro

Grassley, Risch: Biden-Harris Admin Should Work with Western Hemisphere Partners to Arrest and Extradite Maduro

WASHINGTON - Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on reports that Nicolás Maduro has been invited to Mexico's presidential inauguration next week:

"For nearly four years, the Biden-Harris administration has failed to do the bare minimum to hold indicted narco-terrorist Nicolás Maduro accountable. We are encouraged to see Argentina and Ecuador join in the call to arrest Maduro. The Biden-Harris administration should follow suit and work with our democratic partners in the Western Hemisphere to seek the arrest and extradition of Maduro if he visits Mexico in the next few days."

Background:

Grassley and Risch wrote Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of State Antony Blinken in November requesting an explanation of what, if any, legal actions the Department of Justice and State Department have taken since 2021 to seek the arrest and extradition of Nicolás Maduro.

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