Venezuela’s Maduro gets June 2027 trial date in US drug-trafficking case
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The ousted Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, will go on trial on US drug trafficking charges starting on 1 June 2027, a judge said on Wednesday.
Maduro wore beige prison garb as he was led into a Manhattan courtroom by US marshals for a hearing before district judge Alvin Hellerstein in one of the most consequential criminal cases in recent history.
Maduro returned to court with his lawyers and continued objecting to the US military action that snatched him from power and deposited him in New York to face drug-trafficking charges.
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The ousted Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, will go on trial on US drug trafficking charges starting on 1 June 2027, a judge said on Wednesday.
Maduro wore beige prison garb as he was led into a Manhattan courtroom by US marshals for a hearing before district judge Alvin Hellerstein in one of the most consequential criminal cases in recent history.
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Maduro returned to court with his lawyers and continued objecting to the US military action that snatched him from power and deposited him in New York to face drug-trafficking charges.