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Maduro Appears in Court to Fight Narco-Terrorism Case

Nicolas Maduro
Photographer: Carlos Becerra/Bloomberg

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By Bob Van Voris and Chris Dolmetsch

March 26, 2026 at 12:11 PM UTC

Updated on

March 26, 2026 at 5:47 PM UTC

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Nicolás Maduro appeared in a Manhattan federal court Thursday as the US pushes forward with a broad drug-trafficking and narco-terrorism conspiracy case against the ousted Venezuelan leader that’s loaded with regional and geopolitical implications.