
US federal prosecutors have indicted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, alleging he sold diplomatic passports to drug traffickers while serving as foreign minister. The charges include narco-terrorism and cocaine importation conspiracy, with claims the network operated for over two decades involving senior Venezuelan figures. Maduro and his wife were reportedly apprehended and are in New York to face charges related to a state-backed drug network that allegedly abused public trust to import cocaine into the United States.
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