US custody and legal proceedings against Nicolas Maduro

US prosecutors allege Pulido worked with Alex Saab to launder $350m from a bribery scheme involving Venezuela's currency exchange system using bank accounts in Florida.

Pulido had been in jail in Venezuela since March 2023.

The US Department of Justice said Pulido had been arrested during a Homeland Security Task Force operation on Sunday.

Prosecutors say Vielma-Mora and a middleman collected roughly $17.3 million in bribes and illicit payments.

Alvaro Pulido Vargas was arrested during a Homeland Security Task Force operation.

Alvaro Pulido Vargas faces eight additional money laundering-related charges in the 2019 case.

The prosecution accuses Flores of ordering that individuals be tortured and receiving updates on the torture of specific prisoners.

Maduro's attorney Barry J Pollack said his client denies the new charges and looks forward to his day in court.

Flores's request to be moved to house arrest was denied by a judge on Thursday.

Flores's lawyers said she lost 25 pounds while imprisoned at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.

Maduro and Flores face potential life prison sentences if convicted of participating in a conspiracy to send cocaine into the US.

Maduro served as Venezuela's president from 2013 until his capture by US forces in January.

Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores face existing US drug-trafficking charges that carry a potential minimum sentence of 50 years.

The US has charged former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, over allegations of torturing opponents and Americans.

A federal judge denied Cilia Flores pretrial release on bail.

Maduro's lawyer argued in a court filing last month that the former president is immune from prosecution because he was the leader of a sovereign nation.

Maduro's attorney Barry J. Pollack said Maduro denies the charges in the new indictment and looks forward to his day in court.

June's earthquakes in Venezuela killed more than 6,300 people.

Families of political prisoners have staged ongoing protests outside the US embassy in Caracas and the El Rodeo I prison.

Rights groups consider El Rodeo I prison a torture centre.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Trump and Rodriguez discussed restructuring billions of dollars in Venezuela's sovereign debt.

Both sides appointed a seven-member panel to review the system used to select candidates for the court.

Delcy Rodriguez holds the title of interim President of Venezuela.

It was Rodriguez's first address to the UN General Assembly.

Critics say Washington has sidelined the Venezuelan opposition in favor of oil and investment deals with the interim government.

Rodriguez became interim president after a US military raid in January abducted Nicolas Maduro.

Nicolas Maduro was captured by the US military.

Protesters called for world leaders not to normalise relations with the Venezuelan government.

Delcy Rodriguez took power in January.

Trump said "To the victor belong the spoils" during his UN address.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio attended the meeting.

The agreement with Venezuela grants a US-led company 100-year concessions over 17 oilfields.

Trump will hold a multilateral meeting with the leaders of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Waltz said Trump will talk about progress on the president's 20-point peace plan in Gaza.

A senior administration official said Trump will hear concerns from Gulf countries about the Iran war directly.

Saab admitted exploiting his ties to Venezuelan officials to gain access to oil owned by state firm PDVSA and selling it under false pretences.

The fraudulent contracts fell under CLAP, a Venezuelan welfare programme meant to distribute subsidised food to the public.

Former US President Joe Biden granted Saab clemency in December 2023 as part of a prisoner exchange with Venezuela.

The United States launched a military operation to abduct and imprison then-President Nicolas Maduro in January.

US President Donald Trump pushed Venezuela to pursue economic reforms including greater foreign access to the country's oil and mining sectors.

The Palace of Justice in Caracas was once flanked by twin portraits of Hugo Chavez and Simon Bolivar, and both images have been covered up.

Judge Alvin K Hellerstein has not yet ruled on the application.

Since her imprisonment, Flores has not received the monthly injection she needs to manage her mitral valve prolapse.

Flores's lawyers proposed moving her from the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn to a residence within the Manhattan federal court district.

Nicolas Maduro has urged a United States judge to dismiss criminal drug trafficking charges against him, arguing he should be immune from prosecution as the head of a sovereign country.

Last month, the US and Venezuela reached a deal that would see the US take over about one-fifth of Venezuela's oil reserves.

Pollack wrote that the Executive Branch does not dispute that Maduro was Venezuela's head of state, but claims that after 2019 he did not occupy that position legitimately.

US special forces abducted Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores from Caracas and flew them to the US.

Maduro does not have access to newspapers or the internet in prison but is allowed approximately 300 minutes per month of phone calls with family and lawyers.

The timestamps on the two photos indicate they were taken on June 25.

Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has appeared in the first photographs from US custody since his January abduction.

The images of Maduro in US custody were shared on his X account as a dedication to his grandchildren and supporters.

Nicolas Maduro is awaiting trial on narco-terrorism and drug trafficking charges.