They’re so cozy.. can’t be helped!

Don't forget the foreplay before putting the drugs inside you.

Easy. They have the military strength to do it and no one is going to stop them. That's how they can do it.

So I looked up the weapons possession charge, and it seems like Maduro could be guilty under the statute of her possessed a machinegun (really any full auto firearm) in furtherance of the drug trafficking activity. Even if the weapons were only possessed outside of US jurisdiction.

Short version: the "possession of weapons charge" is actually for possession while drug trafficking.

I don't know if they have to prove that Maduro physically handled a weapon or not. But if they do, and they don't have that evidence, he could still be guilty of the subsequent conspiracy charge.

Edit: For the avoidance if doubt, the drug trafficking is very important to the whole case, because that's what gives the US courts extraterritorial jurisdiction.

A dog wags its tail because the dog is smarter than its tail. If the tail were smarter, the tail would wag the dog.