US EditionUS to let Venezuela pay Maduro's lawyer in drug trafficking case
Treasury amended sanctions to let Venezuela cover the couple’s legal fees, and defense lawyers withdrew a motion to dismiss the indictment.
- The United States modified sanctions to allow Venezuela to pay legal fees for former President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, resolving a standoff threatening their drug trafficking case.
- Defense lawyers had threatened to dismiss the case, arguing that blocking payment violated the Sixth Amendment right to counsel; Maduro and Flores have pleaded not guilty to narcoterrorism conspiracy charges and are held in Brooklyn.
- U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton filed a letter stating the Treasury Department issued amended licenses, though payments must involve funds available to Venezuela only after March 5, 2026, when diplomatic relations formally resumed.
- Following the concession, the defense for Maduro and Flores withdrew their motion to dismiss the indictment; prosecutors requested a status hearing in 60 days to determine next steps toward trial.
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The United States has agreed to modify the sanctions against Venezuela to allow its Executive to pay the fees of the lawyers who defend Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in the process of drug trafficking they face in New York, according to a judicial document.The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued amended licenses that authorize defense lawyers to receive payments from the Venezuelan Government under s…
The U.S. has decided to allow the Venezuelan government to suppress the defense of its president and his wife, Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, in the trial they face in New York for drug trafficking.The issue of the payment of the Venezuelan dictator's lawyers had threatened to derail their case, which is being aired in the courts of the Southern District of Manhattan: their defense had asked the judge of the case, Alvin Hellerstein, to dismiss…
The United States agreed to modify the sanctions imposed on Venezuela to allow its government to pay the fees of the lawyers who defend ex-mandator Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in the process of drug trafficking they face in New York.The decision was adopted by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which issued amended licenses authorizing these payments under specific conditions. According to the judicial document, payments…
Washington took an unexpected step in the Nicolás Maduro case. US authorities have authorized former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife to use frozen assets to pay for legal fees. This decision will unblock the drug trafficking trial, RBC-Ukraine reported, citing Voice of Emirates. Read also: Maduro asks US court to drop drug charges Details of the decision and the court's position According to the publication, the US administratio…
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