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Maduro and Wife Face Drug Trial | Venezuela News
Venezuelan ex-president Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores face a June 2027 trial in New York on drug trafficking charges, alleging they conspired to smuggle tons of cocaine into the U.S. Held in Brooklyn jail since January, both have pleaded not guilty, with defense arguing Maduro enjoys sovereign immunity and his arrest was an abduction. U.S. prosecutors blame him for Venezuela’s collapse and deny legitimacy since 2019. Maduro calls himself a “prisoner of war,” claiming the U.S. seeks control of Venezuela’s oil. The case, now six years in the making, could carry life sentences if…
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