NEW YORK, Apr 26, CMC – The United States has agreed to permit the Venezuelan government to finance the legal defense of ousted President Nicolás Maduro, resolving a weeks-long dispute that had threatened to derail one of the most high-profile international criminal cases in recent years.
In a joint letter submitted late Friday to a federal judge in New York, prosecutors and defense attorneys confirmed that the US Treasury Department amended a sanctions license to allow payments to lawyers representing Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Both have pleaded not guilty to charges that include drug trafficking and weapons offenses.
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