Venezuela's Maduro in Court for Pre Trial Hearing in US Drug Trafficking Case The recent pre trial hearing in New York of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores has sparked intense debate about the use of military force in extricating a head of state from power.
Maduro's detention, which began with a nighttime raid on their Caracas home, has been defended by the US as a "surgical law enforcement operation" aimed at bringing to justice those accused of conspiracy to traffic cocaine into the United States.
On its face, this is a case of international cooperation in combating narcotics trafficking.