Chile meets ICC officials over Tren de Aragua-linked murder of Venezuelan dissident

Record ID: 1986449

  • Title: Chile meets ICC officials over Tren de Aragua-linked murder of Venezuelan dissident
  • Date: 28th March 2025
  • Summary: BANGKOK, THAILAND (MARCH 29, 2025) (REUTERS) COLLAPSED BUILDING SEEN INSIDE A CONSTRUCTION SITE VARIOUS OF RUBBLE FROM COLLAPSED BUILDING VARIOUS OF 39-YEAR-OLD CONSTRUCTION WORKER, CHANPEN KAEWNOI, WHO'S MOTHER AND YOUNGER SISTER WENT MISSING AT THE COLLAPSED CONSTRUCTION SITE, STARING AT RUBBLE (SOUNDBITE) (Thai) 39-YEAR-OLD CONSTRUCTION WORKER, CHANPEN KAEWNOI, SAYING:
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  • Keywords: Chile ICC Nicolas Maduro Ronald Ojeda Tren de Aragua Venezuela murder
  • Location: SANTIAGO, CHILE & THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
  • City: SANTIAGO, CHILE & THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
  • Country: Chile
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions,South America / Central America
  • Reuters ID: LVA002258128032025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Chilean officials met with International Criminal Court representatives on Friday (March 28) to provide information about the murder of a Venezuelan dissident they claim is relevant to an ongoing ICC investigation into alleged human rights abuses by Venezuelan government officials.
    Chile's attorney general and minister of foreign affairs say the murder of Ronald Ojeda, a former Venezuelan lieutenant who was kidnapped from his apartment in Santiago by men posing as police and later murdered, was carried out by the Tren de Aragua gang and is linked to the Venezuelan government.
    Angel Valencia, Chile's attorney general, said in statement that Ojeda's murder "doesn't have the characteristics of a normal crime."
    In a statement on Friday, Venezuela's government said that the accusations were baseless.
    "This position doesn't just lack a legal basis, but is sustained by a vicious hate towards Venezuela, showing the desperation to please the agendas set by the United States," the statement said, adding that Venezuela could "give lessons in respecting human rights."
    Ojeda was murdered in February 2024 and, this January, police conducted large-scale raids across Santiago, arresting several members of the Tren de Aragua gang the government said were implicated in the murder.
    (Production: Nicolas Cortes, Rodrigo Gutierrez, Anna Portella)
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