The Supreme Court of Venezuela justifies its request for the extradition of Leopoldo López under the argument of “protecting public peace” and combating “the alteration of public and legal order”. At the same time, he stresses that he does not accuse him of “political crimes” but, nevertheless, reproaches him for having accused the Nicolás Maduro regime of being “linked to drug trafficking” and of being “corrupt, oppressive and undemocratic”.

With these arguments, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela demands that Spain enter