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Edward Helmore in New York

What’s in the US criminal indictment against Nicolás Maduro?

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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro arrives at the Downtown Manhattan Heliport in New York City on 05 January 2026. Photograph: Eduardo Muñoz/Reuters

The criminal indictment against the deposed Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, unveiled by US attorney general Pam Bondi Saturday morning adds charges to a narcotics-trafficking complaint brought against the Venezuelan leader in 2020.

The superseding indictment alleges that Maduro and other top Venezuelan public officials have, for the past two decades, worked closely with international drug trafficking organizations to ship illicit drugs into the US while enriching themselves.

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