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Maduro Claims Immunity and Calls for Charges Dismissal
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro affirmed that he is protected by immunity as the head of a sovereign state and called on the U.S. judiciary to dismiss the charges against him of drug trafficking, which have been brought before a New York Court in Manhattan. These charges relate to his upcoming trial scheduled for June 2027, following his arrest in 2019 and the U.S. government's denial of the legitimacy of his elections in 2018 and 2024. The United States has not recognized him as the legitimate President of Venezuela since 2019. His defense of immunity is based on an international legal principle, but legal experts indicate that his fight will be challenging, especially since U.S. courts generally do not recognize the immunity of foreign heads of state, particularly when they are not officially in office or internationally recognized.
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