Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is set to make his first appearance on Monday in an American courtroom on the “narco-terrorism” charges the Trump administration used to justify capturing him and bringing him to New York.
Maduro and his wife are expected to appear at noon before a judge for a brief legal proceeding that will likely kick off a prolonged legal fight over whether he can be put on trial in the U.S.
The couple will be brought from a Brooklyn jail to a Manhattan courthouse.
Venezuela’s new interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, has demanded that the U.S. return Maduro, who long denied any involvement in drug trafficking.
