Venezuela’s Maduro in court for pre-trial hearing in US drug trafficking case
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Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were captured during a U.S. military operation in Caracas in January 2026 and transported to New York to face trial. Prosecutors and defense attorneys jointly proposed a June 2027 trial date on Tuesday for charges including drug trafficking and narco-terrorism.
Venezuelan president and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been held at Brooklyn jail and both have pleaded not guilty
Nicolás Maduro returns to court with his lawyers Wednesday and is expected to continue objecting to the US military action that snatched the Venezuelan president from power and deposited him in New York to face drug trafficking charges.
Maduro, 63, and his wife Cilia Flores, 69, have been held at a Brooklyn jail ever since US forces seized them from their Caracas home in a stunning middle-of-the-night raid and brought them to New York in early January.
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