What's in the US criminal indictment against Nicolas Maduro?

"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. The validity of the US complaint against Maduro and wife Cilia Flores is likely to be challenged in federal court in the New York on Monday over whether, as a foreign head of state, he can be put on trial in the US."

"The indictment lists six individuals as defendants, including Maduro, his wife Cilia Flores, his son Nicolas Ernesto Maduro Guerra, and Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, the leader of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. The charges include narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of machine guns and destructive devices and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices against the US."

"The indictment accuses Maduro of having ties to six different gangs and drug trafficking groups, including two Colombian rebel factions the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Farc, and the National Liberation Army, ELN, as well as Tren de Aragua and two Mexican crime factions, the Sinaloa and the Zetas. Maduro and his co-conspirators have, for decades, partnered with some of the most violent and prolific drug traffickers and narco-terrorists in the world, and"

Nicolas Maduro and several top Venezuelan officials are accused in a superseding US indictment of coordinating with international drug-trafficking organizations for the past two decades to ship illicit drugs into the United States while enriching themselves. The indictment names six defendants, including Maduro, his wife Cilia Flores, his son Nicolas Ernesto Maduro Guerra, and Tren de Aragua leader Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores. Charges include narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, possession and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices. The indictment alleges ties to FARC, ELN, Tren de Aragua, the Sinaloa cartel, and the Zetas. The US government does not recognize Maduro as Venezuela's legitimate leader, and the complaint's validity will likely face a legal challenge over head-of-state immunity in federal court.

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