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Maduro asks U.S. court to dismiss case, citing sovereign immunity

From Proceso Digital · () Spanish

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  • Lawyers for Nicolás Maduro asked a U.S. court to dismiss the criminal case against him on sovereign-immunity grounds.
  • The request appeared in a digital court filing, according to the report.

Lawyers for Venezuela’s ousted president, Nicolás Maduro, have asked a U.S. court to dismiss the criminal case against him, arguing that sovereign immunity protects him.

The request appears in a digital court filing. The filing forms the basis of the defense’s effort to have the case thrown out.

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Originally published by Proceso Digital in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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