Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro urged a US judge to dismiss criminal drug trafficking charges against him, arguing he should be immune from prosecution as the head of a sovereign country ↧ Venezuela's Maduro asserts immunity, urges US judge to dismiss cha... Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro urged ​a U.S. judge on Wednesday to dismiss criminal drug trafficking charges against him, arguing he should be immune from prosecution as ‌the head of a sovereign country.