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Switzerland to freeze any Maduro assets 'with immediate effect'

A man walks behind a graffiti in support of deposed Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro in Caracas. [Juan Barreto, AFP]

The Swiss government said Monday that it had decided to freeze any assets held in Switzerland by the deposed Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro or his associates "with immediate effect".

Bern said it had reached its decision after Maduro was seized in Caracas in a shock US military operation, and brought to New York to face narcotrafficking charges.

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