A U.S. federal jury on Friday found two nephews of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro guilty of trying to ship 800 kilograms of cocaine to the U.S., an outcome that’s likely to inflame the already damaged relationship between Venezuela and the U.S.

Efrain Antonio Campo Flores, 30 years old, and Franqui Francisco Flores de Freitas, 31 years old, were each convicted on one drug conspiracy charge and now face a maximum of life in prison.

After less than two weeks of testimony, the jury of seven women and five men deliberated for approximately six hours to reach the guilty verdict.

Prosecutors say the nephews were planning to send planes loaded with cocaine from Venezuela to Honduras, with the U.S. as the ultimate destination, in hopes of receiving tens of millions of dollars in profit. They were arrested last year by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in Haiti, a few days before the first shipment was due to take place.

“The defendants thought they were above the law,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Brendan Quigley said in his closing statement. “They thought they could operate with impunity in Venezuela because of who they were and who they were related to.”