October 15, 2026
Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife pled not guilty to torture and narcoterrorism charges Thursday, a week after Manhattan federal prosecutors accused the former Caracas power couple of a 25-year course of brutality against political rivals.
October 08, 2026
A Manhattan federal judge declined Thursday to grant bail to the wife of deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, after prosecutors unveiled new narco-terrorism charges accusing the couple of a 25-year course of torture, including against Americans.
September 03, 2026
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro pressed a New York federal judge to throw out his narco-terrorism conspiracy charge, arguing that the U.S. government cannot indict him for something that took place entirely in another country and did not involve the U.S.
July 22, 2026
A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday scheduled a 2027 trial date for deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, after hearing that Maduro plans in the coming weeks to claim immunity as a sovereign leader from charges of narco-terrorism.
May 04, 2026
A Manhattan federal judge on Monday directed former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to return to court in June, after he and his wife, Cilia Flores, reached an apparent agreement with the Trump administration to access Venezuela government funds for their legal fees.
March 26, 2026
A Manhattan federal judge suggested Thursday that the Trump administration should revisit its refusal to allow former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to access his country's funds to pay for his defense against narco-terrorism and trafficking charges.
February 26, 2026
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro urged a New York federal court on Thursday to dismiss the U.S. government's narco-terrorism conspiracy case against him, saying the government was interfering with his constitutional right to present a defense by not letting the Venezuelan government pay his legal fees with "untainted funds."
January 12, 2026
A New York federal judge on Monday said constitutional lawyer Bruce Fein could not represent Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro after Fein admitted to having never spoken to or entered into an agreement of representation for the foreign leader, who was indicted on narco-conspiracy charges this month.
January 09, 2026
When constitutional lawyer Bruce Fein entered an appearance as counsel for former Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro on Tuesday, it was without having ever spoken to the client, according to a Thursday filing by Maduro's attorney Barry Pollack seeking to remove Fein from the case.
January 05, 2026
Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro pled not guilty Monday to narco-terrorism conspiracy charges in Manhattan federal court and vowed through his attorney to claim immunity as a sovereign leader and to challenge the legitimacy of his arrest in a deadly American military raid.