"Maduro was charged in 2020 in the Southern District of New York with narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy and weapons offenses for allegedly colluding with a Colombian rebel group known by its initials, FARC, to "flood" the US with cocaine. "As alleged, Maduro and the other defendants expressly intended to flood the United States with cocaine in order to undermine the health and wellbeing of our nation. Maduro very deliberately deployed cocaine as a weapon," then-US Attorney Geoffrey Berman said at the time the charges were announced."
"Current U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi took to social media to comment on the charges against Maduro: "Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been indicted in the Southern District of New York. Nicolas Maduro has been charged with Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy, Cocaine Importation Conspiracy, Possession of Machineguns and Destructive Devices, and Conspiracy to Possess Machineguns and Destructive Devices against the United States. They will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts," she said."
Nicolas Maduro has been captured and is being flown to New York, where he has faced narco-terrorism charges since 2020. Federal charges in the Southern District of New York include narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, and weapons offenses tied to alleged collusion with the FARC to "flood" the United States with cocaine. Then-US Attorney Geoffrey Berman said Maduro and other defendants intended to flood the United States with cocaine to undermine public health and that Maduro "very deliberately deployed cocaine as a weapon." President Trump posted a photo on Truth Social allegedly showing Maduro aboard the USS Iwo Jima. U.S. officials, including Pam Bondi, stated Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were indicted and would face American courts. No official detention location has been specified; federal defendants awaiting trial in Manhattan are customarily held at MDC-Brooklyn.
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