An exterior view of the Metropolitan Detention Center is seen in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, where ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro is detained, ahead of his court appearance later in the day, on March 26, 2026. Lawyers for the ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro are expected to push for the dismissal of his drug trafficking charges when he appears in a New York court March 26. The Manhattan hearing comes as Washington cautiously warms ties with Caracas, with the question of who will pay the legal fees of the former autocrat and his wife expected to take center stage. (Photo by Leonardo MUNOZ / AFP via Getty Images)

Police officers patrol outside the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse as a convoy believed to be carrying ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has arrived for his federal court appearance in Manhattan on March 26, 2026. Lawyers for the ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro are expected to push for the dismissal of his drug trafficking charges when he appears in a New York court March 26. The Manhattan hearing comes as Washington cautiously warms ties with Caracas, with the question of who will pay the legal fees of the former autocrat and his wife expected to take center stage. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP via Getty Images)

A man holds a makeshift inflatable figure of ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro handcuffed next to the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse as a convoy believed to be carrying Nicolas Maduro has arrived for his federal court appearance in Manhattan on March 26, 2026. Lawyers for the ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro are expected to push for the dismissal of his drug trafficking charges when he appears in a New York court March 26. The Manhattan hearing comes as Washington cautiously warms ties with Caracas, with the question of who will pay the legal fees of the former autocrat and his wife expected to take center stage. (Photo by John Lamparski / AFP via Getty Images)

Police officers patrol outside the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse as a convoy believed to be carrying ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has arrived for his federal court appearance in Manhattan on March 26, 2026. Lawyers for the ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro are expected to push for the dismissal of his drug trafficking charges when he appears in a New York court March 26. The Manhattan hearing comes as Washington cautiously warms ties with Caracas, with the question of who will pay the legal fees of the former autocrat and his wife expected to take center stage. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP via Getty Images)

A makeshift inflatable figure of ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro handcuffed is displayed next to the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse as a convoy believed to be carrying Nicolas Maduro has arrived for his federal court appearance in Manhattan on March 26, 2026. Lawyers for the ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro are expected to push for the dismissal of his drug trafficking charges when he appears in a New York court March 26. The Manhattan hearing comes as Washington cautiously warms ties with Caracas, with the question of who will pay the legal fees of the former autocrat and his wife expected to take center stage. (Photo by John Lamparski / AFP via Getty Images)

A motorcade believed to be carrying ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro to his federal court appearance departs the Metropolitan Detention Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on March 26, 2026. Lawyers for the ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro are expected to push for the dismissal of his drug trafficking charges when he appears in a New York court March 26. The Manhattan hearing comes as Washington cautiously warms ties with Caracas, with the question of who will pay the legal fees of the former autocrat and his wife expected to take center stage. (Photo by Leonardo MUNOZ / AFP via Getty Images)

A motorcade believed to be carrying ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro to his federal court appearance departs the Metropolitan Detention Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on March 26, 2026. Lawyers for the ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro are expected to push for the dismissal of his drug trafficking charges when he appears in a New York court March 26. The Manhattan hearing comes as Washington cautiously warms ties with Caracas, with the question of who will pay the legal fees of the former autocrat and his wife expected to take center stage. (Photo by Leonardo MUNOZ / AFP via Getty Images)

New York Police patrols provide security at the Metropolitan Detention Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on March 26, 2026. Lawyers for the ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro are expected to push for the dismissal of his drug trafficking charges when he appears in a New York court March 26. The Manhattan hearing comes as Washington cautiously warms ties with Caracas, with the question of who will pay the legal fees of the former autocrat and his wife expected to take center stage. (Photo by Leonardo MUNOZ / AFP via Getty Images)