U.S. Critics and Allies Condemn Maduro’s Abduction at UN Security Council

Members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), including key U.S. allies, have warned that the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife by U.S. special forces could be a precedent-setting event for international law. 
  
The 15-member bloc met for an emergency meeting on Monday in New York City, where the Venezuelan pair were also due to face drug trafficking charges in a U.S. federal court. 
 
Venezuela’s ambassador to the UN, Samuel Moncada, condemned the U.S. operation as “an illegitimate armed attack lacking any legal justification,” in remarks echoed by Cuba, Colombia and permanent UNSC members Russia and China. 
  
Notable critics at the emergency session included traditional U.S. allies, Mexico and Denmark, both of whom Trump has separately threatened with military action over the past year. 
  
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