A U.S. special operations soldier is accused of turning one of the military’s most sensitive covert missions into a personal windfall — placing a series of bets that earned more than $400,000 by using classified information about the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. Federal prosecutors say Gannon Ken Van …
Read More »Maduro, Wife Plead Not Guilty in New York After U.S. Military Capture
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, pleaded not guilty Monday to federal drug trafficking and weapons charges, days after they were captured by U.S. military forces and brought to New York in a dramatic overnight operation. Maduro and Flores appeared before U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein …
Read More »Venezuelan President Maduro Indicted on Drug, Weapons Charges
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was indicted by a federal grand jury on sweeping narcotics and weapons charges, accused by U.S. prosecutors of leading a decades-long scheme to flood the United States with cocaine while enriching himself, his family and senior members of Venezuela’s government. The indictment was unsealed Saturday after …
Read More »Trump Says U.S. Will “Run” Venezuela After Military Operation Captures Maduro
President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States will effectively govern Venezuela following a U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, marking a dramatic escalation in Washington’s confrontation with the South American nation. “We’re going to run the country until such time …
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