Nicolás Maduro's U.S. drug trafficking case to begin on June 1
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Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores face a U.S. drug trafficking case starting June 1 after being held in a Brooklyn jail since their seizure in Caracas. Both have pleaded not guilty during a brief hearing.
Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been held at a Brooklyn jail since U.S. forces seized them from their Caracas home and brought them to New York in early January. Neither spoke during Wednesday's 15-minute hearing. Both have pleaded not guilty.