US military forces captured Maduro, 63, and his wife Cilia Flores in a surprise raid in the Venezuelan capital Caracas last weekend. They are both currently being held in a Brooklyn prison.
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Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who was captured by US forces in a military operation, is due to appear in Manhattan federal court on Monday to face a trial on serious charges of "narco-terrorism".
US military forces captured Maduro, 63, and his wife Cilia Flores in a surprise raid in the Venezuelan capital Caracas last weekend. They are currently being held in a Brooklyn jail.
Their trial is scheduled for Monday at 12:00 p.m. (10:45 p.m. local time) before US District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein. It is not yet clear whether Maduro has hired a lawyer or how he will appear in court.
What are the charges against Maduro?
The US indicted Maduro on drug trafficking charges in 2020. The new indictment, released on Saturday, alleges that Maduro, while in power in Venezuela, smuggled thousands of tons of cocaine into the US in collaboration with notorious cartels such as Mexico's Sinaloa and Zetas.
Similarly, Maduro is accused of running a 'state-sponsored' drug trafficking network under his own leadership and using the proceeds from it for his own and family's benefit.
The indictment states that while he was foreign minister, he sold diplomatic passports to drug traffickers and used diplomatic channels to transport smuggling money.
