Politics● ElevatedSep 3 · Sep 3, 2026, 2:10 PM
Nicolás Maduro requests the annulment of the trial in the United States and alleges he enjoys immunity
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The lawyers for the ousted president of Venezuela presented a 60-page document demanding that the drug trafficking and narcoterrorism case be dismissed. The trial of the Chavista leader and his wife Cilia Flores is scheduled to begin next June.
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