Nicolás Maduro and Wife Plead Not Guilty to Drug Trafficking Charges

Ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife pleaded not guilty Monday in Manhattan federal court to drug trafficking charges, with Maduro telling a federal judge he had been “kidnapped” from his home.

“I am president of the republic of Venezuela, and I am here, kidnapped, since Jan. 3, Saturday,” Maduro told U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein. “I was captured at my home in Caracas, Venezuela.”

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