Venezuela orders nationwide manhunt for supporters after Maduro's arrest by US forces

Venezuelan authorities person been ordered to find and apprehension anyone progressive successful supporting the subject cognition that led to the apprehension of Nicolas Maduro.

A authorities of exigency decree issued Saturday, but published Monday, orders constabulary to "immediately statesman the nationalist hunt and seizure of everyone progressive successful the promotion oregon enactment for the equipped onslaught by the United States," according to the substance of the decree, Reuters reported. 

It was not wide what charges could beryllium levied against those taken into custody. 

Maduro made his archetypal tribunal quality Monday successful New York, days aft helium and his woman were arrested by U.S. forces implicit the weekend. 

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Government supporters clasp dolls from the TV program, Super Bigote, based connected President Nicolas Maduro and archetypal woman Cilia Flores, during a protestation demanding their merchandise from U.S. custody successful Caracas, Venezuela connected Sunday. The authorities has ordered constabulary to hunt for and apprehension anyone progressive successful supporting the U.S. subject cognition that happened implicit the weekend.  (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Both person been charged by the Justice Department with narco-terrorism and different offenses. 

"I americium innocent. I americium not blameworthy of thing that is written here," Maduro said successful tribunal arsenic the charges against him were read. 

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A broadside by broadside photograph of President Donald Trump and Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez. (Joe Raedle/Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images)

In Maduro's absence, Delcy Rodríguez, his erstwhile fig two, has been sworn successful arsenic the interim president of Venezuela. Rodriguez, 56, has agelong been a confidant and backer of Maduro. 

She was the country's vice president from 2018 done Sunday. 

Despite denouncing the U.S. subject operation, Rodriguez said successful a Sunday societal media station that the state aspires towards balanced and respectful planetary relations betwixt Caracas and Washington. 

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"We invitation the US authorities to collaborate with america connected an docket of practice oriented towards shared improvement wrong the model of planetary instrumentality to fortify lasting assemblage coexistence," she wrote.