Maduro to appear in Manhattan federal court Jan. 5 for arraignment

Source: USA Today

Jan. 4, 2026, 5:55 p.m. ET


Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro is scheduled to appear in federal court at noon Jan. 5 in New York, according to the District Court for the Southern District of New York media office.

Maduro will be arraigned on a four-count indictment charging him with leading a 25-year narco-terrorism conspiracy that included several high-ranking members of his administration.

He will appear before United States District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein in Manhattan.

Maduro and his wife, Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro, were captured at their home on Jan. 3 during a U.S. military attack on Venezuela and brought to the United States.

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