‘Soy inocente’: Maduro defiant in surreal New York courtroom spectacle
by Victoria Bekiempis in New York from on (#72KN1)
The Venezuelan leader entered a heartfelt not guilty plea - and told a member of the gallery he was a prisoner of war
At noon on Monday, Nicolas Maduro was escorted into a Manhattan federal courtroom following his capture early on Saturday in Caracas, completing the seized Venezuelan leader's stunning journey from his capital city to a US courtroom.
It was a surreal display amid the fallout of a brazen US military operation to grab Maduro that has roiled global politics and stunned observers in the US and overseas.
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