Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said Thursday she has no plan of leaving her country even as the Nicolás Maduro regime moves to imprison the leadership of her democratic movement.

Edmundo González Urrutia faces several criminal charges including usurpation of functions, forgery and conspiracy.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro reacted to news of an arrest warrant for opposition candidate Edmundo González, who the United States and other countries say clearly won the July 28 presidential election.

The United States on Monday seized Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's plane in the Dominican Republic and flew it to Florida, saying it acted over violation of US sanctions."The Justice Department seized an aircraft we allege was illegally purchased for $13 million through a shell company and smuggled out of the United States for use by Nicolas Maduro and his cronies,

Dominican Republic authorities on Wednesday grounded a luxury jet allegedly linked to the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro following a request from U.S. authorities.