Pedro Rojas, 33, a Venezuelan dissident, talks to reporters outside the Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse in New York City following the arraignment of former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro on Jan. 5, 2026. Arjun Singh/The Epoch Times
NEW YORK CITY—A Venezuelan dissident explained why he confronted his country’s former leader, Nicolás Maduro, inside a federal courtroom in the borough of Manhattan during the latter’s arraignment on Jan. 5.
At the end of the hearing, during which Maduro and his wife pleaded not guilty to narco-terrorism charges, Pedro Rojas, 33, called Maduro an “illegitimate” leader.
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