Maduro Returns To New York Court As U.S. Judge Sets June 2027 Drug-Trafficking Trial
Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, appeared in U.S. federal court in Brooklyn on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, where a judge set their U.S. drug-trafficking trial for June 2027.[1]
PBS reported the appearance was a pretrial hearing in the U.S. drug-trafficking case.[2] CBS called the judge's formal setting of a June 2027 trial a scheduling development in the long-running cocaine-trafficking conspiracy case.[1]
A federal indictment accuses Maduro and Flores of taking part in a cocaine-trafficking conspiracy.[1] The case has proceeded in U.S. federal court in Brooklyn through multiple pretrial proceedings as lawyers prepare for trial.
Unless legal deals or other moves change the schedule, jurors are now expected to hear the case in June 2027.
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- On Wednesday, July 22, 2026, Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores appeared again in federal court in Brooklyn. Nicolás Maduro
- During the July 22 hearing, the judge formally set their U.S. drug-trafficking trial for June 2027. June 2027
- CBS News characterizes the July 22 scheduling as a development in the long-running cocaine-trafficking conspiracy case. cocaine-trafficking conspiracy case
- The appearance and the scheduling update were reported by CBS News on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 at 7:24 PM Central. CBS News
- The proceeding on July 22 took place in U.S. federal court in Brooklyn as part of the federal cocaine-trafficking case against Maduro and Flores. federal court in Brooklyn
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- On Wednesday, July 22, 2026, Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores appeared again in federal court in Brooklyn.
- During the July 22 hearing, the judge formally set their U.S. drug-trafficking trial for June 2027.
- CBS describes this as a scheduling development in the long-running cocaine-trafficking conspiracy case.