ALERT: In prison in the United States, Maduro gives his news for the first time
Sources confirm that the following story has emerged from the international scene.
Captured in Venezuela on January 3 on the orders of Donald Trump, Nicolas Maduro wants to be combative. The deposed president and his wife said on Saturday that they felt “strong, serene”, in their first message since their incarceration. “We are well, we are strong, serene and in constant prayer”, wrote in a message relayed on “We have received your communications, your messages, your emails, your letters and your prayers,” it added. “Every word of love, every sign of affection, every expression of support fills our souls and strengthens us spiritually. »Neither newspapers nor the InternetThe former strongman of Venezuela and his wife were arrested during an American nighttime operation in their palace in Caracas. They have since been incarcerated in a high security prison in the New York district of Brooklyn. Prosecuted for drug trafficking, the couple briefly appeared on Thursday before a court in the American megacity, without speaking. In detention, Nicolas Maduro has neither newspapers nor the Internet but is authorized to speak by telephone with his family and his lawyers for fifteen minutes, according to a source close to the leader. Our articles on Venezuela The former president had not spoken since a first hearing in New York on January 5. He then presented himself as “the president of the Republic of Venezuela” in office, “kidnapped” by the United States, and therefore defining himself as a “prisoner of war”. Since then, his son, Nicolas Maduro Guerra, has said that his father is doing well and that he is exercising in prison, where he is allowed an hour of daily walks.
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