Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro back to court for pretrial hearing in his US drug trafficking case

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A motorcade believed to be carrying former Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro leaves Metropolitan Detention Center ahead of a pre-trial hearing in a drug trafficking case, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)