Nicolás Maduro and Wife to Be Arraigned Today

“Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are expected to be arraigned at the U.S. district court in Manhattan at noon Monday on charges that they enriched themselves through drug trafficking,” the Washington Post reports.

Playbook: “Maduro and his wife will be hauled before 92-year-old Judge Alvin Hellerstein at noon for the start of an epic, likely yearslong prosecution through the U.S. federal court system following their stunning capture and arrest by U.S. forces. It’s hard to conceive of a more rapid fall from grace for a man who as recently as last Friday night was still the all-powerful, untouchable leader of an oil-rich nation.”