Federal law says that Nicolas Maduro could face the death penalty if convicted of drug trafficking conspiracy, although it is not common.

Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, who dined on steak and lived in a palace as his country starved, is now in “hell on Earth’’ in a Brooklyn jail — and machine-gun-toting authorities are making sure he stays there.

"These people are not from my country," Cinthia Davila of Venezuelan said of the pro-Maduro mob gathered outside the prison. "These people don't know my country."

Mel Kohberger said her family thought her brother turned a corner after his troubled teen years -- until he turned out to be a monster.