{"id":6930,"date":"2026-07-22T16:36:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=6930"},"modified":"2026-07-22T16:36:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:36:01","slug":"former-venezuelan-president-nicolas-maduros-trial-set-to-begin-in-june-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=6930","title":{"rendered":"Former Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro\u2019s trial set to begin in June 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n            The criminal trial of former Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and his wife is scheduled to begin on June 1, 2027, a federal judge said Wednesday.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=6928\">Many kids don\u2019t eat enough veggies. Amid a parasite outbreak in the US, what\u2019s a parent to do?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            Federal prosecutors and the Maduros\u2019 defense attorneys jointly proposed a June trial date though they noted the schedule may shift depending on potential complications, such as obtaining classified information.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cThis is a realistic schedule. We don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to slip,\u201d Maduro\u2019s defense attorney Barry Pollack said in court on Wednesday, but he added the parties would inform the court if any issues arise that could jeopardize the trial date.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            In early January, Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured from their heavily fortified home in Caracas after US forces descended on the presidential compound and engaged in an intense firefight with Venezuelan air defenses.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The Maduros were then brought to New York, where they pleaded not guilty to gun and cocaine importation conspiracy charges that prosecutors allege span more than 25 years. They are being held in federal custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The criminal case against Maduro is so legally complex \u2013 involving his past leadership of Venezuela, the nature of proving an international conspiracy and larger foreign policy implications \u2013 that his defense could try several different ways to derail it before trial.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=6917\">Collisions in space are a growing concern. A plan to address it is reigniting a turf war<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            Maduro\u2019s attorney, Barry Pollack, has indicated he will challenge the legality of the arrest and argue the former president should have immunity since the alleged conduct occurred while he was in office.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Earlier this year, Maduro argued the charges against him should be dismissed because the US government was interfering with his ability to defend himself by not allowing the Venezuelan government to pay for his legal fees. The judge declined to dismiss the case at that time, and the US Treasury Department later agreed the Venezuelan government could fund the defense without violating sanction laws.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Maduro was first elected president of Venezuela in 2013, although the US government \u2013 along with dozens of other countries \u2013 has not recognized him as the country\u2019s legitimate leader since the 2018 presidential election.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            After Maduro\u2019s capture, his vice president, Delcy Rodr\u00edguez, was sworn in as Venezuela\u2019s acting president. Since then, she has made several significant changes to the country\u2019s armed forces and met many of Washington\u2019s demands. In April, the US lifted sanctions on Rodr\u00edguez that had been in place since 2018.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=6913\">Trump approves deal with Saudi Arabia that could allow kingdom to enrich nuclear fuel, official says<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The criminal trial of former Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and his wife is scheduled to begin on June 1, 2027, a federal judge said Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Former Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro\u2019s trial set to begin in June 2027 - 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