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I don't know enough about the guy or Venezuela to really have an opinion on their situation; but his guilt/innocence under US law isn't relevant. The US has 0 jurisdiction to impose it's laws on other nations.
This is purely a kidnapping and an act of war.
Jurisdiction and laws are irrelevant. It's is expressly (per Stephen Miller) because of capability, not justification. Until we are militarily unable to do regime change, invasions, war crimes, and murder, we will continue to do so.
Common law actually doesn't limit its reach to only domestic actions. U.S. laws can apply to anything anywhere in the world, as long as the law explicitly says it applies outside of domestic contexts. It's the only reason why the courts are even entertaining a trial. Drug stuff is absolutely on that list along with fraud and statutory rape.
That's for acts committed by Americans or on American soil.
Nope! Common law lets Congress make laws that can operate anywhere. This is literally true.
There's international law but I don't know if anything applicable here affects the U.S.