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Maduro and Flores' U.S. drug-trafficking case

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Where it stands

Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores are due to stand trial in Manhattan on drug-trafficking and narco-terrorism charges on June 1, 2027. Maduro’s claim of sovereign immunity remains a central dispute, with the U.S. arguing he was never Venezuela’s legitimate leader.

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The story so far

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    Maduro and Flores Get a Date: June 1, 2027, in a Manhattan Courtroom

    A 15-minute hearing in federal court locked in a trial date for the ousted Venezuelan president and his wife — but the fight over whether they can be tried at all comes first.

    Still open after this report

    • The exact date of the immunity hearing — a reported November date and a May pre-trial conference are not verifiable from the provided sources.
    • Whether the court will accept the prosecution's theory that Maduro was not Venezuela's legitimate leader and therefore cannot claim head-of-state immunity.

History

  1. Opened1 report

Who's involved

People

  • Alvin HellersteinAmerican judge1 report
  • Cilia FloresFirst Lady of Venezuela from 2013 to 20261 report
  • Nicolás MaduroVenezuelan politician1 report

Places

  • CaracasCaracas, Capital District, Venezuela1 report
  • U.S. District Court - Southern District of New York500 Pearl St, New York, NY 10007, USA1 report
  • VenezuelaVenezuela1 report

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