Nicolas Maduro, the former Venezuelan president, and U.S. prosecutors have proposed a June 2027 start date for his U.S. criminal trial on drug trafficking-related charges. Multiple outlets report that the schedule is advanced through a joint proposal submitted to the federal court handling the case, ahead of a hearing in Manhattan federal court. The proposal is presented as a timeline for the trial, but it is not final: a federal judge must review and approve the schedule. The charges described across reports relate to drug trafficking, with one outlet also referencing narco-terrorism conspiracy allegations. The initiative is attributed to representatives for Maduro alongside prosecutors from the U.S. Department of Justice, indicating coordination on timing rather than agreement on the underlying case. Accounts also situate the case in the context of U.S. action described as Special Forces capturing Maduro and his wife in Caracas in January, after which the legal proceedings moved forward in U.S. court.