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Cilia Flores pleads not guilty to three counts, detained by consent
On January 5, 2026, Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro appeared before Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein with her attorneys Mark Donnelly and Andrés Sánchez. She was arraigned on the S4 indictment and pleaded not guilty to counts 2, 3 and 4. The court recorded "detention on consent without prejudice" and set the next pretrial conference for March 17, 2026, excluding that period from the speedy-trial clock.
- Court
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan) · case 1:11-cr-00205
- Judge
- Alvin K. Hellerstein · who he is
- Prosecution
- U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York (U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton)
- Defense
- Barry Pollack (Maduro) · Mark Donnelly (Cilia Flores)
- Next date
- September 30, 2026 · Defense reply on house arrest due
- Where it stands
- Maduro and Cilia Flores held at MDC Brooklyn since January 2026; both pleaded not guilty. Trial set for June 1, 2027. Hugo Carvajal pleaded guilty (June 2025) and awaits sentencing. Diosdado Cabello is charged but not in custody.
What it means
"Detention on consent without prejudice" means Flores agreed to remain detained for now without giving up her right to seek release later. The not-guilty plea preserves the presumption of innocence as the case moves forward.
What happens next
The next conference before the judge was set for March 17, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.
In the document's own words
“Deft. arraigned on S4 indictment; Deft. enters a plea of not guilty to counts 2,3,4; PTC is set for 3/17/2026 at 11:00 a.m”
How the court describes it (original, English)
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