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Maduro Moved to NY Court from Brooklyn Jail to Face Charges
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3:42Now PlayingMyles Miller, Bloomberg News Senior Reporter, reports on the indictment of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Nicolás Maduro had already spent more than 24 hours in one of the toughest US jails before he arrived in Manhattan Monday to face charges that could keep him behind bars for the rest of his life.
The ousted Venezuelan president arrived by helicopter to the heart of New York City on Monday morning ahead of a hearing set for 12 p.m. An official confirmed that Maduro was in the court building in Lower Manhattan shortly after.
He and his his wife, Cilia Flores, joined the approximately 1,330 inmates at the notorious Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn on Saturday following a surprise night time raid and odyssey that included a US warship, a plane and a helicopter.
A US indictment released on Saturday accused Maduro of playing a key role in a broad conspiracy over 25 years to traffic cocaine into the US. He and others are accused of partnering with groups including the Sinaloa Cartel and Tren de Aragua, which have been designated by the US as foreign terrorist organizations.
The hearing will be overseen by US District Judge Alvin Hellerstein, 92, a Bronx native appointed by Bill Clinton who has presided over cases tied to the Sept. 11 attacks and major financial fraud trials.
Bail is unlikely. The judge is expected to set an initial schedule for evidence exchanges and pretrial motions, with a trial not expected until at least 2027.
It is not clear if Maduro or his wife has hired a lawyer for the hearing. Sometimes defendants are represented by free lawyers from the Federal Defenders of New York for purposes of an initial court appearance.
Speaking in an interview on CNBC on Monday, Manhattan US attorney Jay Clayton said that he was fully comfortable with Maduro’s prosecution.
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