Washington, Jan. 6 -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, who were taken captive by US forces in Caracas and taken to the US, pleaded not guilty on Monday to drug trafficking and weapons charges in a New York court. The Venezuelan leader and his wife entered the courtroom in prison garb with their feet shackled.
Maduro entered the courtroom shortly after 12 p.m. ET wearing prison garb, headphones for translations and feet shackled. His wife had the same clothes on. Both their hands were unshackled.
Maduro shook hands with his attorney.
"I'm innocent. I'm not guilty - I'm a decent man," Maduro said through an interpreter in the court of U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in the federal courthouse in lower Manhattan. He sa...