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US blocks Venezuelan govt. from paying for Maduro’s legal representation in drug trafficking case

by | Feb 26, 2026 | JPost | 0 comments

Captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is escorted, as he heads towards the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in Manhattan, earlier this month. The handling of Maduro’s transportation to New York was done without discretion to send a message, the writer says. (photo credit: Adam Gray/Reuters)
Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, both pleaded not guilty on January 5 to drug trafficking charges that could land them in a US prison for decades. They are jailed in New York awaiting trial.

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