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US Protest news: There is a worldwide stir over America’s arrest of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Some countries are supporting this action of Trump, while many are opposing it. Meanwhile, there is an uproar in America also regarding the arrest of Maduro. Protests are taking place everywhere. Protests also took place at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where Maduro is currently being held.
After the massive attack on Venezuela on Saturday, January 3, the US Army captured Nicolas Maduro and his wife Celia Flores as criminals and brought them to New York. Here he is kept in Brooklyn Jail, which is also called ‘Hell on Earth’.
Banners seen protesting the war
In New York, a large number of protesters gathered outside the prison where Nicolas Maduro is being held. Calling him the ‘people’s president’, the protesters gathered outside the jail and demanded the authorities to release him immediately. During this time, the crowd gathered outside the Brooklyn jail was also seen shouting slogans like “We will not pay for war and genocide”. At the same time, banners opposing the war were also seen in the hands of people.
Called Maduro’s arrest a violation of the law
According to media reports, one protester said, “I really want to protect the rule of law.” Another protester condemned the attack and arrest, saying the arrest was a violation of not only international law, but also US law. Targeting Trump, the protestor said that the President does not have the right to take unilateral military action against another country and detain its President just because he wants to do so.
At the same time, a protester named Joey Alexander said that US President Donald Trump “does not have the right to take unilateral military action against another country and detain its president. We are here to say that this is illegal, we are against what the Trump administration is trying to do, and we do not want another war.”
Maduro is imprisoned in this jail
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who was arrested by the US military on charges of narco-terrorism and drug trafficking, is being held in the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, often referred to as the “pit of hell”. The prison has previously housed many high-profile people and is notorious for its poor living conditions.
Brooklyn Jail, which was established in the early 1990s, houses both male and female inmates. Its image has been deteriorating over the years. According to British media, lawyers have claimed that a prisoner was murdered inside the prison last summer. He also said that at least four prisoners have committed suicide in the last three years.
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