U.S. Senator Jim Risch - ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee | Official U.S. Senate headshot
U.S. Senator Jim Risch - ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee | Official U.S. Senate headshot
U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) have issued a statement regarding the potential visit of Nicolas Maduro to Mexico for its presidential inauguration next week. The senators are urging the Biden-Harris Administration to collaborate with partners in the Western Hemisphere to arrest and extradite Maduro.
“For nearly four years, the Biden-Harris Administration has failed to do the bare minimum to hold indicted narco-terrorist Nicolas 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,” they stated.
In November 2023, Risch and Grassley sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of State Antony Blinken requesting information on any legal actions taken by the Department of Justice and State Department since 2021 concerning Maduro's arrest and extradition.
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