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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michael R. Sisak and Larry Neumeister

Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is back in court after dramatic U.S. military raid

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is due back in a New York courtroom Wednesday, where his lawyers are expected to renew their challenge to the U.S. military operation that ousted him from power and brought him to the United States to face drug trafficking charges.

Maduro, 63, and his wife, Cilia Flores, 69, have been held at a federal jail in Brooklyn since U.S. forces seized them from their Caracas home during a dramatic overnight raid in early January.

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