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[^2]\n\nDefense attorney Barry Pollack filed two motions on behalf of deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to dismiss his criminal case in the United States. [^3]\n\nThe first motion argues that US courts lack jurisdiction to prosecute Maduro because he is a de facto head of state entitled to sovereign immunity for official acts. [^4]\n\nFormer Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's legal team filed a motion with US federal authorities requesting the dismissal of criminal charges against him based on sovereign immunity. [^5]\n\nAttorneys stated that no US court has ever prosecuted a foreign leader whose own country recognized them as president at the time of indictment. [^6]\n\nNicolás Maduro faces charges of conspiracy to commit acts of narco-terrorism, cocaine importation, and possession of automatic weapons. [^7]\n\nThe second motion requests the dismissal of the narco-terrorism conspiracy charge, asserting it fails to allege sufficient jurisdictional elements under US law. [^8]\n\nBarry Pollack stated that Maduro was president of Venezuela when he was seized by US armed forces. [^9]\n\nBarry Pollack, the lawyer for Maduro, argued that the accused are protected by judicial immunity granted to active presidents. [^10]\n\nAttorney Barry Pollack argued that Maduro faces an unprecedented process that violates the absolute criminal jurisdictional immunity to which heads of state and foreign officials have a right for centuries. [^11]\n\nNicolás Maduro is currently detained in a federal prison in Brooklyn after being arrested during a US intervention in Caracas on January 3. 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