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US Foreign Leader Prosecutions

US prosecutions of foreign leaders, including Manuel Noriega

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Jan 14, 2026

How have courts treated previous U.S. charges against foreign heads of state for drug trafficking?

U.S. courts have repeatedly allowed prosecutions of foreign leaders accused of narcotics offenses to proceed, treating claims of head-of-state immunity and forcible extraterritorial capture narrowly a...

Jan 5, 2026

What patterns emerge across testimonies about Maduro’s alleged role in corruption, narco-trafficking, or violence?

Across the newly unsealed U.S. indictment and contemporaneous reporting, a consistent pattern emerges in which prosecutors portray Nicolás Maduro as the linchpin of a decades‑long, state‑enabled narco...