- United States
- Mo.
- Letter
An Open Letter
To: Rep. Graves
From: A constituent in Plattsburg, MO
February 24
I wrote to you in December and January and got the following today. Your words include, “…On January 3, 2026, U.S. Military and law enforcement arrested the illegitimate communist dictator of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife for operating a narco-terrorist operation that has claimed countless American lives. The world is a safer place with the arrest of Maduro. Trump sent a clear message that being an illegitimate socialist dictator …….does not give you a free pass to flood our country with illegal drugs that kill our children Maduro broke the law and now he has to face justice.” You ignored one of my emails regarding drug traffickers. In December 2025, the President pardoned former president of Honduras Juan Orlando. He was serving a ~45 year prison sentence for drug trafficking. Please explain why this criminal was pardoned just prior to the arrest of Maduro? Orlando moved hundreds of tons of drugs into this country KILLING children yet he was released. You said Maduro “needs to face justice” yet Orlando NO longer has to face his prison time. WHY? Second question, why were small boat strikes used to KILL suspected drug traffickers yet a much larger trafficker, Maduro, was captured. Why not just kill him too? I’ve asked these questions before – try to answer them this time and not just send an email that says nothing.