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Maduro pleads "not guilty" as he faces drug trafficking charges in the US

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Nicolas Maduro appeared in a US courtroom on January 5, 2026. He pleaded "Not Guilty" to drug trafficking and other charges, insisting he is still Venezuela's president. Maduro's kidnapping is being justified by the Trump administration as a "surgical law enforcement operation", but what proof is the case resting on? Our journalist takes a look.

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Two former presidents, two federal drug cases, one court in Manhattan, and a White House with contradictory positions.

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The U.S. Department of Justice has now blurred the role played by the former Colombian FARC guerrilla in the drug trafficking network supposedly led by Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela. In the accusation that he had built that same authority in 2020, the FARC were an essential part of the theory of the case against Maduro. But, now, in the corrected document presented to the courts in a New York court, that guerrilla—and its dissident groups—appears …

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At least five parliamentarians have already been targets of the past few days, which also ask statements that 'normalise foreign military intervention in Brazil'.

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This Tuesday, Mónica Alfaro and Diana Gante tell you that Nicolás Maduro, who is accused of trafficking cocaine to the United States, pleaded not guilty before the courts in New York, and Delcy Rodríguez was invested as president in charge of Venezuela. They also touch on other issues of interest: - Mercado doubts that U.S. companies will access Venezuelan crude quickly and oil rises - Would Pemex have to worry about Trump's statements after Mad…

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Jamaica Star broke the news in Jamaica on Tuesday, January 6, 2026.
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