5 questions about the Maduro immunity challenge
Lawyers for former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife are urging a federal judge to toss the drug trafficking case against them, arguing that as Venezuela's sitting head of state and first lady, they're immune from U.S. prosecution.
TL;DR
- Lawyers for Nicolas Maduro and his wife are challenging a drug trafficking case.
- They argue that Maduro, as Venezuela's head of state, and his wife, as first lady, have immunity.
- This immunity, they claim, prevents them from being prosecuted in U.S. courts.