Nicolás Maduro is set to face charges in a US court on Monday that he led a cocaine conspiracy spanning more than a quarter of a century, in a case that could raise questions about the strong-arm tactics used to bring him to justice.
Maduro was being held at the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn, a notorious facility known for its poor conditions, and will stand trial at the US courthouse across the East River in lower Manhattan.
He arrived at the facility late on Saturday after being extracted by US forces from his Caracas compound in the early morning hours. His case has been assigned to New York federal judge Alvin Hellerstein, an appointee of former president Bill Clinton.
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