Published on
03/09/2026 - 6:41 GMT+2
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, asked a judge on Wednesday to dismiss the drug trafficking indictment against them on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country.
In papers filed in Manhattan federal court, Maduro’s attorneys said a judge was required by law to reject the indictment because it cannot be brought against a foreign leader.
“No American court has ever presided over the criminal trial of a foreign leader who was recognised by their own country as the sitting head of state at the time the charges were brought,” the lawyers wrote.
