U.S. SENATE MAJORITY LEADER JOHN THUNE RELEASED A STATEMENT AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED SATURDAY THAT FEDERAL DRUG FUGITIVE NICOLAS MADURO WAS CAPTURED IN VENEZUELA TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS CRIMES.
THE SOUTH DAKOTA REPUBLICAN SAYS “FOR YEARS, NICOLAS MADURO, THE CARTEL HE LEADS, AND OTHER CARTELS IN LATIN AMERICA HAVE TRAFFICKED DRUGS INTO THE UNITED STATES, WHICH HAVE KILLED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S DECISIVE ACTION TO DISRUPT THE UNACCEPTABLE STATUS QUO AND APPREHEND MADURO, THROUGH THE EXECUTION OF A VALID DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WARRANT, IS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP TO BRING HIM TO JUSTICE FOR THE DRUG CRIMES FOR WHICH HE HAS BEEN INDICTED IN THE UNITED STATES”.
THUNE SAYS HE’S GRATEFUL FOR THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR ARMED FORCES WHO CARRIED OUT WHAT HE SAYS WAS A “NECESSARY ACTION”.
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