On 8 December 2024, Venezuelan authorities detained Argentine military police officer Nahuel Agustín Gallo after he entered the country from Colombia. According to Argentina’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Gallo first travelled by car to Chile, then by plane to Bogotá, and finally by taxi to the Venezuelan border in order to reunite with his Venezuelan partner and their two-year-old child. On 27 December, the Venezuelan Public Ministry, led by Attorney-General Tarek William Saab, announced criminal charges against Gallo for alleged terrorist activities, accusing him of concealing a ‘criminal plan’ under the guise of a family visit. Argentina’s Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein dismissed these accusations, calling the detention arbitrary and insisting that Gallo’s sole purpose was to spend time with his family.
Paris-Algiers tensions heighten over failed expulsion of Algerian influencer – Go Health Pro
Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau (center) with Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs Thani Mohamed-Soilihi (right) during a visit to the Nantes visa department on January 10, 2025. LOIC VENANCE / AFP The diplomatic row between Paris and Algiers, fanned by the dispute over Algerian influencers – a bilateral dispute in addition to the Western Sahara feud … Read more
