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Maduro and Wife Return to Court in Prison Garb for Argument Over Who Will Pay Legal Bills of Deposed Venezuelan Strongman, First Lady

‘I am not going to dismiss the case,’ the judge, 92, tells the defense.

A motorcade carrying former Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro makes its way along FDR Drive after departing Manhattan federal court after a pre-trial hearing in Maduro's drug trafficking case, Thursday, March 26, 2026, in New York.
A motorcade carrying former Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro makes its way along FDR Drive after departing Manhattan federal court after a pre-trial hearing in Maduro's drug trafficking case, Thursday, March 26, 2026, in New York. AP Photo/Seth Wenig