Judge Sets June 2027 Trial Date for Abducted Venezuelan Leaders Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores

Here in New York, a federal judge has set a trial date of June 1 of next year for former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, a former member of Venezuela’s National Constituent Assembly. Maduro and Flores were abducted by the U.S. military during a raid of their compound in Caracas in January. They appeared in a Manhattan courtroom Wednesday, where they denied charges of drug trafficking. Meanwhile, demonstrators gathered outside the courthouse, protesting both for and against U.S. intervention in Venezuela. Protester: “The United States does not have the interest of the Venezuelan people in mind. All it wants is the oil. It wants the natural resources. That’s all it’s interested in.” www.democracynow.org