Nicolás Maduro and 14 Venezuelan Officials Charged with Drug Trafficking and Narco-Terrorism

Federal U.S. prosecutors have today unsealed indictments charging Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro with drug trafficking crimes, including narco-terrorism conspiracy and conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States. Charges were also announced against high ranking Venezuelan officials including Venezuela’s vice president for the economy, minister of defense and chief supreme court justice, as well as two Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) leaders.

You can read the indictments and criminal complaints below, listed by the district in which they were issued:

District of Columbia

• United States v. Vladimir Padrino Lopez, Case No. 1:19-CR-176: Indictment

Southern District of Florida

• United States v. Maikel Jose Moreno Perez, Case No. 20-2407JJO: Criminal Complaint
• United States v. Luis Alfredo Motta Dominguez, et al, Case No. 1:19-CR-20388: Indictment

Eastern District of New York

• United States v. Vassyly Kotosky Villaroel Ramirez, et al, Case No. 1:11-CR-247: Superseding Indictment

Southern District of New York

• United States v. Nicolas Maduro Moros, Case No. 1:11-CR-205: Superseding Indictment
• United States v. Tareck Zaidan el Aissami Maddah, et al, Case No. 1:19-CR-144: Superseding Indictment