Venezuelan dictator was captured by the United States on January 3 and is being held in Brooklyn, where he awaits trial for drug trafficking
Stuck in us a week ago, the dictator He told his father that ‘it’s fine’. “The lawyers told us that he is strong. They told us not to be sad, that ‘we are fine, we are fighters'”, said Nicolás Maduro Guerra, known as “Nicolasito”, citing his father. Nicolás Maduro responds in the United States for drug trafficking, he was captured by the Americans on January 3, when Venezuela was attacked following orders from Trump.
“A man they could not defeat by any means and had to use disproportionate force, but they did not defeat him. He is strong,” added Maduro’s son. The Venezuelan dictator and his wife, Cilia Flores, are detained in New York.. “I am innocent. I am a decent man. I am a president,” the Venezuelan leader declared to the judge.
The second hearing is scheduled for March 17th. The US Department of Justice formalized charges against Maduro for four main crimes:
- Narcoterrorism (and conspiracy to do so);
- Conspiracy to traffic cocaine;
- Possession of machine guns and explosive devices;
- Conspiracy to possess weapons for use in drug trafficking.
Maduro and Cilia are being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn. .
