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What are the charges against Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro?
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, on Aug. 17, 2024. Alfredo Lasry R/Getty Images hide...
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Now begins what could be a lengthy legal process of pretrial motions, potential plea negotiations and possibly a jury trial of the authoritarian leader who ruled Venezuela for more than a decade.

Maduro landed Saturday evening at a small airport in New York following the middle-of-the-night operation that extracted him and his wife, Cilia Flores, from their home in a military base in Venezuela's capital city of Caracas.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, on Aug. 17, 2024. Alfredo Lasry R/Getty Images hide...