Maduro, wife arrive at Manhattan courthouse to face federal conspiracy, drugs, weapons charges

Venezuelan President Nicolas Madura and wife Cilia Flores were transferred early Monday morning from a Brooklyn detention center to a federal courthouse in Manhattan where they will be arraigned on corruption, drug trafficking and weapons charges.

Madura and Flores were captured by U.S. military and law enforcement late Friday at the secured compound on a military base in Caracus and taken to New York to face the charges. 

The charges in the Justice Department's four-count indictment are: 

Count One: Narco-terrorism conspiracy – Includes Maduro and Flores.

Count Two: Conspiracy to import cocaine – Includes Maduro and Flores.

Count Three: Possession of machine guns and destructive devices – Includes Maduro and Flores.

Count Four: Conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices – Includes Maduro and Flores.

Others charged in the indictment include Diosdado Cabello, Ramón Rodríguez Chacín and Ernesto Maduro Guerra, and Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero, known as “Niño Guerrero, according to news reports.