{"id":27560,"date":"2026-10-16T08:51:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T03:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=27560"},"modified":"2026-10-16T08:51:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T03:06:43","slug":"maduro-and-wife-plead-not-guilty-to-new-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=27560","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Maduro and Wife Plead Not Guilty to New Charges<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dragon Media News Desk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, rejected new charges against them and pleaded not guilty at a hearing Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are false accusations against me,\u201d Maduro said when asked to enter his plea. When U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein asked him to clarify, Maduro replied, \u201cI reject this document in its entirety.\u201d The judge then ordered that a not-guilty plea be entered on the record for Maduro.<\/p>\n<p>Asked to respond to the charges, Flores said, \u201cI am completely innocent. I am not guilty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, prosecutors proposed postponing the start of the trial by two weeks. 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