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Maduro Faces Drug Trafficking Trial | San Antonio News
Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro faces a high-stakes pretrial hearing in New York over U.S. drug trafficking charges, where he and his wife deny all allegations and argue their arrest was a military kidnapping. Prosecutors allege Maduro conspired with Venezuelan authorities to funnel cocaine into the U.S., a case the Trump administration called a “surgical” operation. With no trial date set and no bail sought, the legal battle centers on whether Maduro’s transfer was lawful — and whether he can even be tried under U.S. law. The case underscores deepening U.S.-Venezuela tensions as the…
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