US EditionREAD: Justice Department’s 2020 Indictment Against Maduro
The 2020 indictment accuses Maduro's regime of enriching his family and aiding narco-terrorists who traffic cocaine to the U.S., serving as legal grounds for a U.S. strike.
- The Justice Department's indictment alleges Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela, leads a corrupt government that protected drug trafficking and enriched Maduro's wife and Maduro's son, member of Venezuela's National Assembly.
- Early Saturday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio reposted a last-year message asserting Maduro is `NOT the president of Venezuela and and his regime is NOT the legitimate government`, while U.S. officials said they used the indictment's charges to justify a strike in Venezuela without congressional authorization.
- Justice Department filings and leaders' statements show President Donald Trump called Maduro `the kingpin of a vast criminal network` who oversaw Cartel de Las Olas and faces multiple U.S. indictments for narcoterrorism.
- Vice President JD Vance wrote the U.S. offered Venezuela `multiple off ramps`, and President Donald Trump said suspects would be taken to New York for prosecution.
- A Manhattan U.S. attorney's office spokesperson did not immediately respond, and it was unclear whether U.S. forces had captured Maduro's son, adding uncertainty to charges.
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Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, has landed this Saturday at Stewart Airport, in New Windsor, north of New York City, where he will be tried for narcoterrorism, according to charges advanced by the Attorney General, Pam Bondi, through social networks. The head of the Justice Department has specified that the Chavista leader and his wife, Cilia Flores, face drug trafficking and corruption crimes in the courthouse of the Southern District of…
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