US EditionMaduro pleads not guilty to narco-terrorism charges, telling U.S. judge: ‘I am still president’
Maduro and his wife face charges of narco-terrorism and drug trafficking after U.S. forces captured them; they pleaded not guilty in Manhattan federal court.
- On January 5, 2026, deposed Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores pleaded not guilty at a Manhattan federal courthouse after U.S. special forces captured and transported them to New York.
- The updated indictment unsealed Saturday alleges Nicolás Maduro, deposed Venezuelan president, and co-defendants ran a multi-decade narcotics enterprise sending cocaine to the U.S. and corrupted institutions.
- Maduro was led into the Manhattan courtroom at 12:01 p.m., shackled and wearing a blue prison uniform, while U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein read charges including a `narco-terrorism conspiracy` and signaled further hearings; no cameras were permitted inside.
- The operation prompted an emergency United Nations Security Council meeting at 1500 UTC, while Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as interim president as Maduro's allies retained control of Venezuelan state institutions.
- Further hearings are scheduled, beginning a months‑long legal fight, as Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein leads proceedings and Nicolás Maduro faces potential life in prison amid Venezuela's roughly 303 billion barrels of oil reserves and rising U.S. crude markets.
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'Prisoner of war!' Maduro makes dramatic courtroom declaration
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro called himself a “prisoner of war” while pleading not guilty to narco-terrorism charges in a US court in New York City on Monday, after the Trump administration abducted him and his wife in an overnight raid that killed dozens of people.“I am the president of Venezuela, and I consider myself a prisoner of war. They captured me in my house in Caracas,” Maduro said in Spanish at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan US Co…
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