Overview
- Prosecutors and defense lawyers filed a proposed pretrial schedule on Tuesday that targets a June 2027 trial start, but U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein has not yet entered a firm date.
- The defense is set to file its first round of dispositive motions, likely including a sovereign-immunity challenge and a legality-of-capture motion, with briefs due in September and oral argument planned for November.
- Prosecutors said they have produced most non‑classified material and expect to turn over the bulk of classified evidence to the defense by November, with a second round of defense motions then due in January 2027.
- Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores remain detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn after U.S. Special Forces captured them at their Caracas home in the January 3 raid that brought them to New York to face indictment.
- The indictment accuses the couple of narco‑terrorism, large‑scale cocaine trafficking and weapons offenses that carry possible life terms, and the case has major diplomatic consequences because it raises novel international‑law questions and affects U.S. control of Venezuelan assets.