US indicted Maduro and his wife

Maduro and his wife indicted in the US

To the President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro and his wife Celia Flores criminal charges have been formally brought against Southern District of New York. This was reported by the US Attorney General Pamela Bondi.

What Maduro is accused of

According to the US side, Nicolas Maduro is charged with several serious crimes, including:

• conspiracy to narcoterrorism;

• conspiracy to importing cocaine to the United States;

• Possession of automatic weapons and destructive devices;

• conspiracy to possess automatic weapons and explosives against the United States of America.

The charges relate to activities that the US prosecutor's office classifies as a threat to US national security and an element of transnational drug trafficking.

The context of the case

The US Attorney General's Office notes that the case is part of a multi-year investigation into the Venezuelan leadership and its alleged involvement in international drug trafficking. Earlier, US law enforcement officials had already indicted individual members of the Venezuelan regime, but the current move is unprecedented in terms of the level of positions.