Maduro and his wife to appear in New York federal court on Monday

TEHRAN (Iran News) CBS News reported Sunday, citing the spokesperson, that Maduro and Flores will appear at the Manhattan federal court in New York at 12 pm on Monday, two days after they were abducted in a US military aggression against Venezuela.

Maduro and Flores were transferred to New York late Saturday and are being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. They were accused of drug trafficking and cooperation with terrorist gangs, allegations Maduro has denied.

US Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement that the operation to abduct Maduro required months of coordination, meticulous planning and flawless execution across various parts of the federal government.

“They will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts,” Bondi said.

The charges against Maduro appear to be the same as those that were filed in a 2020 indictment of the South American leader and several key aides.

The indictment, prepared by New York US Attorney Jay Clayton, claims, “For over 25 years, leaders of Venezuela have abused their positions of public trust and corrupted once-legitimate institutions to import tons of cocaine into the United States.”

It alleged that Maduro “is at the forefront of that corruption and has partnered with his co-conspirators to use his illegally obtained authority and the institutions he corroded to transport thousands of tons of cocaine to the United States.”

Maduro and Flores were transferred to New York late Saturday and are being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. They were accused of drug trafficking and cooperation with terrorist gangs, allegations Maduro has denied.

US Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement that the operation to abduct Maduro required months of coordination, meticulous planning and flawless execution across various parts of the federal government.

“They will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts,” Bondi said.

The charges against Maduro appear to be the same as those that were filed in a 2020 indictment of the South American leader and several key aides.

The indictment, prepared by New York US Attorney Jay Clayton, claims, “For over 25 years, leaders of Venezuela have abused their positions of public trust and corrupted once-legitimate institutions to import tons of cocaine into the United States.”