How do you prosecute another country's president?

Federal prosecutors face a long, fraught road to convict deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife.

It'll likely be years before a jury even begins to weigh whether Maduro is guilty of the charges against him. Before that happens, the court will have to grapple with a thicket of complex legal and geopolitical questions — whether his capture was legal, for example, and whether he was the legitimate president of Venezuela at the time.

Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are charged with conspiracy to import cocaine, possession of machineguns and destructive devices and a related conspiracy charge. Maduro is additionally charged with narco-terrorism conspiracy. They have pleaded not guilty to all counts.