On January 5, local time, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who is forcibly controlled by the United States, appeared for the first time in the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York for the first time. According to the court announcement, the hearing was presided over by Judge Alvin Hellerstein. Maduro was charged with “drug terrorism conspiracy, cocaine smuggling conspiracy, possessing machine guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy against the United States with machine guns and destructive devices.”

On January 5, local time, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who is forcibly controlled by the United States, appeared for the first time in the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York for the first time. According to the court announcement, the hearing was presided over by Judge Alvin Hellerstein. Maduro was charged with “drug terrorism conspiracy, cocaine smuggling conspiracy, possessing machine guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy against the United States with machine guns and destructive devices.”