Nicolás Maduro heads back to a US court, fighting charges as Venezuela moves on without him
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Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is escorted into a Manhattan federal courtroom, Thursday, March 26, 2026, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, far right, listens as his defense attorney, Barry Pollack, center, addresses Judge Alvin Hellerstien (not pictured), as Maduro's wife Cilia Flores, far left, looks on. Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Manhattan federal court inNew York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)Demonstrators protest outside Manhattan federal court before a pre-trial hearing in former Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro's drug trafficking case, Thursday, March 26, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)A woman screams during a government-organized event to watch former President Nicolas Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores appear in a New York court on a screen in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)A motorcade carrying former Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro makes its way along FDR Drive after departing Manhattan federal court after a pre-trial hearing in Maduro's drug trafficking case, Thursday, March 26, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is escorted into a Manhattan federal courtroom, Thursday, March 26, 2026, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
