US EditionOusted Venezuela president to return to New York court
Maduro's lawyers argue U.S. sanctions block payment of legal fees, violating his Sixth Amendment rights, while OFAC amended licenses restrict defense funding, complicating his drug trafficking case.
- On Thursday, Maduro's lawyers will seek dismissal of drug trafficking charges at a Manhattan hearing that also addresses who will pay his legal fees.
- OFAC initially granted licenses on January 9 then issued an amended license three hours later, blocking payments, Maduro's U.S. lawyer said.
- Maduro's son quoted him saying, 'The lawyers told us he is strong. He said we must not be sad', while detained at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center with no internet or newspapers and allowed 15 minutes per call.
- Prosecutors in Manhattan federal court said dismissal would be too drastic even if rights were violated, with Judge Alvin Hellerstein presiding and security expected to be heightened with a steel cordon around the courthouse.
- Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela's current leader, now works closely with Washington as the U.S. State Department said this month it is restoring diplomatic ties.
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Nicolás Maduro returns to the bench this Thursday. The overthrown Venezuelan dictator will seek to dismiss the drug trafficking charges against him before a New York court.Read more
Maduro's lawyer, Barry Pollack, is seeking to have the case dismissed on procedural grounds, and stated that the U.S. government is preventing the former president from accessing funds to pay for his defense.
Caracas, Venezuela. The deposed Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro exercises himself daily in a federal prison in New York pending his next hearing in a drug trafficking trial, his son said Monday during a march in Caracas to demand liberation. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured by U.S. forces on January 3 during an incursion into Caracas. They will appear for the second time on Thursday, March 26 before a federal court.
Nicolás Maduro exercises every day in prison in New York, waiting for his court hearing this week, said his son on Monday during a march in Caracas calling for the complete lifting of US sanctions against the country and the release of the fallen president.
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