Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is expected to argue that his leadership role shields him from prosecution in the U.S.

Nicolás Maduro’s first court hearing — a heavily secured spectacle where he proclaimed he is still Venezuela’s president and pleaded “soy inocente” — was merely the beginning of a legal odyssey that could keep him locked up and out of power for years,

Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro's son, Nicolás Maduro Guerra, is among those indicted by the Trump administration for drug trafficking.

Barry Pollack represented Nicolás Maduro in court on Monday. Another attorney, Bruce Fein, says he's also the Venezuelan politician's lawyer.

Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, can reasonably expect two things to happen as they get accustomed to their new day-to-day life at the notorious Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York: They will be uncomfortable and kept out of harm’s way.

Captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro pleaded not guilty in federal court Jan. 5 to charges that he led a narco-terrorism conspiracy.

The U.S. military used the jet for jamming and spoofing Venezuela’s air defense. It is a key tool in the Pentagon’s renewed focus on electronic warfare.

Following his dramatic capture, amplified by Donald Trump at every turn, the Venezuelan president arrived at a Manhattan courthouse on Monday.

The administration releases a redacted version of a previously secret memo that gave the legal basis for the U.S. mission to arrest Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro.