Maduro and his wife ask judge to throw out federal drug-trafficking and narco-terrorism charges, arguing they’re ‘shielded by sovereign immunity’

Former Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have asked a U.S. federal judge to throw out federal drug-trafficking and narco-terrorism charges against them, arguing that they are “shielded by sovereign immunity” as a head of state and first lady.