Maduro and his wife enter NYC courtroom
Captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have entered the downtown Manhattan courtroom where they are set to be arraigned momentarily on an indictment alleging narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy and weapons charges.
A team of prosecutors from the Southern District of New York is seated in the first of three rows of tables in the courtroom. Maduro and his legal team are seated behind the prosecutors.
U.S. marshals, who handle security in federal courthouses, are flanking the defendants. Both Maduro and his wife are wearing headphones, allowing them to hear the proceedings in Spanish.
Nicole Fuller is Newsday's senior criminal justice reporter. She began working at Newsday in 2012 and previously covered local government.
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