Venezuela, U.S. prosecutor: “Maduro and his wife indicted in New York”

Washington, Jan. 3 (LaPresse) – “Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been indicted in the Southern District of New York”. This was announced in a post on X by U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “Nicolas Maduro has been charged with conspiracy to commit narco-terrorism, conspiracy to import cocaine, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices against the United States”, Bondi said, “they will soon have to face the full severity of American justice on American soil in American courts. On behalf of the entire U.S. Department of Justice, I would like to thank President Trump for having the courage to demand that justice be done on behalf of the American people, and a huge thank you to our brave military who carried out the incredible and successful mission to capture these two alleged international drug traffickers”. Maduro had been indicted in New York in 2020, but it was not known that his wife had also been indicted. During Trump’s first term, the Department of Justice had charged Maduro in several indictments with effectively turning Venezuela into a criminal organization serving drug traffickers and terrorist groups, while he and his allies stole billions from the South American country.