Maduro Asks US Court to Dismiss Charges in Drug-Trafficking Case
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- Dawn World PK·7h agoMaduro seeks immunity from US drug charges
NEW YORK: Venezuela’s ousted leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife asked a US judge on Wednesday to dismiss drug trafficking charges against them, claiming they have immunity as president and first lady of a sovereign country. The pair have been held in a Brooklyn jail ever since…
Read at Dawn World PK → - NPR News Now·1d agoEx-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and wife seek to end drug charges case on immunity grounds
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife have asked a judge 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
Read at NPR News Now → - The Hindu World·1d agoEx-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, wife seek to end drug charges case on immunity grounds
In papers filed in Manhattan federal court, lawyers for Mr. Maduro said a judge was required by law to reject the indictment because it cannot be brought against a foreign leader
Read at The Hindu World → - Washington Post World·1d agoMaduro seeks to fend off narco-terrorism trial, arguing he has immunity
Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro launched a sweeping attack on the U.S. criminal case against him, urging a judge to dismiss the charges as an an unlawful effort to prosecute a foreign head of state.
Read at Washington Post World → - Bloomberg Markets·1d agoMaduro Asks US Court to Dismiss Charges in Drug-Trafficking Case
Nicolás Maduro asked a judge in New York to throw out a criminal case against him, arguing that he’s immune to prosecution in the US as the head of a sovereign country.
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