05.01.2026 15:30
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, who were detained by the U.S. military intervention, have been brought to court. Maduro and his wife will be tried on charges of terrorism and drug offenses, and they will appear before a judge at 8:00 PM Turkish time.
After the explosions that occurred on January 3 in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores had been taken out of the country. Maduro and his wife were seen being taken to court for trial in the U.S.
According to U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi's statement, the charges against Maduro are as follows:
"Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores have been charged by the Federal Court for the Southern District of New York. Nicolas Maduro faces charges of conspiracy to commit narco-terrorism, conspiracy to import cocaine, possession of machine guns and destructive devices (explosive weapons), and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices against the United States. They will be tried on American soil, in American courts, with the full force of American justice."
Details are coming...