Former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges including drug trafficking during a court appearance in Manhattan, two days after US forces captured him in a raid on his Caracas residence.
Maduro, 63, told a federal judge, “I’m innocent. I’m not guilty.” Speaking in Spanish through an interpreter, he added, “I’m president of the Republic of Venezuela and I’m here kidnapped since January 3, Saturday.
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