Nicolas Maduro is an indicted narcoterrorist.

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There exists a formal indictment charging Maduro with narcoterrorism (a public charging instrument filed by a competent prosecuting authority).

Source summary
This White House article praises President Trump for what it calls the capture and extradition of Nicolás Maduro to the United States and frames the event as a major foreign-policy victory. It accuses Democratic lawmakers of hypocrisy for previously calling for Maduro’s removal while now condemning the administration’s use of force, and it lists paired "then" and "now" quotes from several senators and representatives to support that claim.
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Public records show that in March 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice obtained and unsealed a federal indictment in the Southern District of New York charging Nicolás Maduro Moros with a "narco-terrorism conspiracy" and related drug-trafficking offenses. A Justice Department press release describes Maduro and other Venezuelan officials as charged with narco‑terrorism, and contemporaneous reporting by major outlets notes that he was indicted on narco‑terrorism charges. Therefore, the statement that Nicolás Maduro is an "indicted narcoterrorist" is accurate in the sense that he has been formally indicted in U.S. court on narco‑terrorism charges. The verdict is True because credible primary and secondary sources confirm that Maduro has been indicted on narco‑terrorism conspiracy charges in the United States.

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  1. Update · Jan 06, 2026, 04:33 AMTrue
    Public records show that in March 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice obtained and unsealed a federal indictment in the Southern District of New York charging Nicolás Maduro Moros with a "narco-terrorism conspiracy" and related drug-trafficking offenses. A Justice Department press release describes Maduro and other Venezuelan officials as charged with narco‑terrorism, and contemporaneous reporting by major outlets notes that he was indicted on narco‑terrorism charges. Therefore, the statement that Nicolás Maduro is an "indicted narcoterrorist" is accurate in the sense that he has been formally indicted in U.S. court on narco‑terrorism charges. The verdict is True because credible primary and secondary sources confirm that Maduro has been indicted on narco‑terrorism conspiracy charges in the United States.
  2. Original article · Jan 05, 2026

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