Trial For Nicolás Maduro And Wife Set For June 2027

Former Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro and his wife have been held at a Brooklyn jail since U.S. forces seized them.

Former Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro and his wife are set to go on trial next June.

Under the approved schedule, defense lawyers will begin filing requests in early September to challenge the indictment. The couple will return to the courtroom Nov. 17 for oral arguments on the motions.

63-year-old Maduro and his wife, 69-year-old Cilia Flores, have been held at a Brooklyn jail since U.S. forces seized them from their home in a middle-of-the-night raid and brought them to New York in early January.

Neither spoke during Wednesday’s 15-minute hearing as each sat separately at a defense table. Both have pleaded not guilty. They face potential life in prison sentences if a jury agrees that they were part of a conspiracy to send cocaine into the U.S..