Maduro strikes defiant tone as he professes innocence in court
Nicolás Maduro, the former Venezuelan president whom U.S. forces toppled, struck a defiant tone Monday as he doubled down in self-defense while pleading not guilty to federal drug trafficking charges. “I was captured,” Maduro said in Spanish, according to a courtroom reporter’s translation before he was cut off by the judge, The Associated Press reported. Later asked to enter his…
Nicolás Maduro, the former Venezuelan president whom U.S. forces toppled, struck a defiant tone Monday as he doubled down in self-defense while pleading not guilty to federal drug trafficking charges. “I was captured,” Maduro said in Spanish, according to a courtroom reporter’s translation before he was cut off by the judge, The Associated Press reported. Later asked to enter his…