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NPR News: 01-05-2026 7PM EST

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🗓️ 6 January 2026

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton.

0:23.3

Oasted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife made their first appearance in U.S. federal court today.

0:29.8

They each pleaded not guilty to the criminal charges against them.

0:33.1

NPR's Ryan Lucas reports.

0:34.9

Nicolas Maduro faces narcoterrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy,

0:40.2

and weapons charges. His wife, Celia Flores, faces three of those same counts. At a hearing in

0:46.1

federal court in Manhattan, both Maduro and Flores entered pleas of not guilty. During the

0:51.8

proceedings, Maduro introduced himself as the president of Venezuela and a

0:56.2

prisoner of war. The first court appearance comes two days after a U.S. military operation captured

1:01.4

the couple in the heart of Venezuela's capital, Caracas, and took them to New York to face trial.

1:07.2

U.S. prosecutors alleged Maduro presided over a large-scale drug trafficking operation, working hand in hand with drug cartels to ship tons of cocaine to the United States.

1:17.2

Ryan Lucas and PR News, Washington.

1:19.3

Senior members of the Trump administration briefed lawmakers on Capitol Hill today about Maduro's capture.

1:25.0

Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Intelligence

1:28.4

Committee, says the ouster sends a dangerous message to the rest of the world.

1:32.3

The enormous precedent this sets. If suddenly we can go in and snatch a leader if they have

1:39.0

violated our law, what would then stop Putin using that same theory of the case to take out Zelensky from

1:45.6

Kiev? What would stop President Xi from taking Taiwan since Chinese law has said that

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