92-year-old US judge handling Maduro case dies

Nicolas Maduro is being held in a Brooklyn jail as he awaits trial on drug trafficking charges. (EPA Images pic) NEW YORK: Alvin Hellerstein, the US judge overseeing the case against deposed Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, has died aged 92, an official said Wednesday. As one of the oldest US federal judges, questions had been raised about whether he was the right justice to preside over what…