A federal court in Argentina has ordered the “immediate” arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello for alleged crimes against humanity committed against dissidents.

Venezuela was first off the mark with its warrant for Argentina’s Milei over what it called the “theft” of a Venezuelan plane seized in Buenos Aires for alleged sanctions violations. In a tit-for-tat measure hours later,

Courts in Argentina and Venezuela issued warrants for the arrests of each other's presidents on Monday amid a showdown between "anarcho-capitalist" leader Javier Milei and socialist strongman Nicolas Maduro.