Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has returned to a New York courtroom as he seeks to have his drug trafficking indictment thrown out over a geopolitical dispute over legal fees. It’s the first time that Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are in court since a January arraignment at which he protested their capture by U.S. military forces and declared that he was not guilty. Flores has also pleaded not guilty. Both remain jailed at a detention center in Brooklyn. Neither has asked to be released on bail. Judge Alvin Hellerstein has yet to set a trial date, though that could happen at Thursday's hearing.
