US charges Venezuela leader over drug plot

By Sarah N Lynch
Updated March 27 2020 - 3:18am, first published 3:13am
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been charged in the US over cocaine trafficking.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been charged in the US over cocaine trafficking.

The US Justice Department has charged Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and top officials of the country for their alleged roles in a drug trafficking scheme to "flood" the United States with cocaine.

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