With Maduro, wife in custody, Bondi says they will be tried on U.S. soil

(The Center Square) – Following U.S. strikes against Venezuela resulting in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Saturday the Maduros have been indicted in the Southern District of New York and will be tried on U.S. soil.

In a social media post, Bondi confirmed Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been indicted, charged with “narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices against the United States.”

The attorney general underscored that the couple “will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts.”

In President Donald Trump’s announcement of the strikes and captures, he said Maduro and Flores have been flown out of Venezuela, but he did not indicate where the couple was taken or is currently being held.

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