U.S. indictment against Venezuela President Maduro, wife is unsealed

* A federal indictment charging Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, his wife and four other people with narco-terrorism conspiracy and other charges was unsealed Saturday and posted online by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.

* “For over 25 years, leaders of Venezuela have abused their positions of public trust and corrupted once-legitimate institutions to import tons of cocaine into the United States,” the indictment in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York alleges.

* In addition to the narco-terrorism conspiracy charge, the indictment alleges counts of cocaine importation conspiracy; possession of machine guns and destructive devices; and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices.