The next hearing of the deposed president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Floresscheduled for June 30, was postponed until July 22, as requested by the federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton.
The Prosecutor’s Office, with the approval of defense attorneys, requested the postponement from the judge in the case, Alvin K. Hellerstein, in a letter sent this Monday, in which he argued that the change of date is necessary “to avoid logistical and scheduling problems in relation to the provision of safe transportation and security for June 30″.
Furthermore, it was indicated in the letter that the Government will exclude for both defendants the days between June 30 and the new date of the hearing from the period established by the Speedy Trial Law.
He also stated that this new date will allow the Prosecutor’s Office to present evidence that supports its accusation against the couple and that the defense can review said evidence and consider what pre-trial motions it plans to make.
Maduro and Flores They were detained in Venezuela on January 3 in a military operation ordered by the president of the United States. donald trump and since then they have been in a federal prison in New York facing their judicial process, after being accused of narcoterrorism, conspiring to export drugs to this country and the use of weapons.
Both pleaded not guilty to the charges and their defense may be paid for by the Venezuelan Government after scoring a victory in that sense, since the US Government He was opposed, but the judge prohibited the defense from sharing evidence of the case with other co-accused who have not yet been arrested, such as the Minister of the Interior, Diosdado Cabello.
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