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Cilia Flores pleads not guilty to three counts at arraignment
According to the docket entry, on January 5, 2026, Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro was arraigned before Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein on the S4 indictment and pleaded not guilty to counts 2, 3 and 4. The entry shows she remained detained and that the speedy-trial clock was excluded until March 17, 2026.
- 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
The not-guilty plea preserves the presumption of innocence as the case moves forward; the time exclusion is a routine step to allow discovery to be produced and reviewed.
What happens next
According to the entry, the next conference before the district judge was set for March 17, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.
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How the court describes it (original, English)
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