PREVIEW: GUEST: Alejandro Peña Esclusa SUMMARY: John Batchelor speaks with Alejandro Peña Esclusa, Venezuelan writer in Europe, about the Trumpadministration's intention to charge Nicolás Maduro, the illegitimate president of Venezuela, as head of the Car
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🗓️ 22 September 2025
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GUEST: Alejandro Peña Esclusa
SUMMARY: John Batchelor speaks with Alejandro Peña Esclusa, Venezuelan writer in Europe, about the Trumpadministration's intention to charge Nicolás Maduro, the illegitimate president of Venezuela, as head of the Cartel of the Suns drug cartel. Peña Esclusa explains that Maduro will never surrender. Apprehending him requires military force (a gun pointing at his head), as no civilian institution can achieve the arrest. Maduro is conducting military exercises and seeking negotiations with the US President.
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| 0:27.4 | This is John Batchel. Conversation, New World Report with Alejandro Pena Exclusa, Venezuela and writer in Europe, about the intention of the Trump administration to detain, arrest and charge |
| 0:37.3 | Maduro, Nicholas Maduro, the illegitimate president of |
| 0:42.1 | Venezuela, as the head of a drug cartel, cartel of the son, a drug lord. I asked Alejandro, |
| 0:52.0 | what is the likelihood of an institution authority in Venezuela detaining him as an alleged drug cartel boss? |
| 0:59.7 | His answer is straightforward. |
| 1:02.1 | He needs a gun to arrest him. |
| 1:04.6 | He won't surrender. |
| 1:05.5 | Here he explains. |
| 1:07.3 | And there's a note of promise at the end of his explanation. |
| 1:13.0 | Much more of this tonight. |
| 1:15.4 | Venezuela, the fatilla of the United States Navy and Marine Corps off the shore. |
| 1:22.2 | Maduro announcing he's having exercises with tanks and Caracas with his military. |
| 1:29.0 | The news that Maduro has written a letter to the President of the United States looking to negotiate. |
| 1:35.5 | Promising days. |
| 1:37.5 | Much more of this tonight. |
| 1:39.1 | Here's Alejandro. |
| 1:41.4 | Only the military, because to do that that you need the force right |
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