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[^1]\n\nNicolás Maduro's defense team will present motions to US federal judge Alvin Hellerstein in Manhattan on Wednesday to dismiss his criminal drug trafficking case before trial. [^2]\n\nMaduro's lawyer, Barry Pollack, asserted that Maduro enjoys judicial immunity as a former sovereign head of state and raised questions about the legality of his capture by US forces during a January 3rd raid in Venezuela. [^3]\n\nUS courts have systematically held that defendants in criminal cases can be prosecuted even if they were illegally brought to the United States, citing the doctrine 'male captus, bene detentus' (illegally captured, lawfully detained). [^4]\n\nUS District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in Manhattan will decide Maduro's case, despite the fact that the US has not recognized Maduro as Venezuela's president since 2019. [^5]\n\nBarry Pollack, Maduro's lawyer, will argue that his client enjoys procedural immunity as a sovereign head of state, a principle considered fundamental to international diplomacy. [^6]\n\nMaduro faces charges of narcoterrorism, conspiracy to import cocaine, money laundering, and possession of weapons, and has declared himself innocent of all charges. [^7]\n\nReuters cited six US international law and criminal defense experts who stated that legal precedents do not favor Maduro on either the immunity or capture illegality arguments. 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