Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Led what Prosecutors Describe as a Corrupt and Illegitimate Government

February 3, 2026

FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a ceremony in Caracas, Venezuela January 22, 2021. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero/File Photo

The Power Structure involving his wife Celia Flores. A newly unsealed indictment from the U.S. Justice Department alleges that Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro led what prosecutors describe as a corrupt and illegitimate government, allegedly supported by large-scale drug trafficking operations.