By Luc Cohen and Jack Queen NEW YORK, July 22 (Reuters) - A judge on Wednesday set a June 1, 2027, trial date for ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores on U.S. drug ...

The US in April allowed Venezuela to pay for Maduro's and Flores's legal defence, something previously prohibited under US sanctions. View on euronews ...

The judge set a 1 June 2027 trial date for Maduro, who wore a beige prison uniform as he was led into ​the Manhattan ...

Maduro faces charges related to narco-terrorism following an operation that removed him from power early this year.

Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and prosecutors with the US Justice Department have proposed a June 2027 start date for Mr Maduro's US criminal trial on drug trafficking charges.

US commandos captured Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores in January this year and took them to New York, where they now face a number of charges including narcoterrorism.

Nicolas Maduro and wife Cilia Flores remain jailed in Brooklyn after pleading not guilty to federal drug trafficking and firearms charges.

Nicolás Maduro will return to a New York courtroom as his lawyers continue their objections to the U.S. military action that snatched Venezuela’s president from power.

The court hearing will focus mainly on procedural issues. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A US judge on Wednesday set a 1 June 2027 trial date for Venezuela's ousted president Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on drug trafficking charges. Neither Maduro nor his wife spoke during ...

Demonstrators hold signs in support of ousted Venezuelan president Nicholas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, outside the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Federal Courthouse in New York City on July 22, 2026. ...