Ex-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Is Returning to Federal Court to Face Torture Allegations
The rewritten indictment says the former Venezuelan leader and his wife helped run a torture system that targeted at least 9 victims, including 3 Americans.
- Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Cilia Flores return to a New York courtroom to face a rewritten indictment accusing them of leading a state-sponsored campaign of repression that tortured scores of victims, including three Americans.
- According to the rewritten indictment, Maduro oversaw a violent system that beat, asphyxiated, and delivered electric shocks to victims; Flores allegedly helped develop the repression network and ordered torture of specific people.
- Maduro personally recommended torture methods and threatened to kill one prisoner's child, though Attorney Barry Pollack said last week that his client denies the allegations and looks forward to his day in court.
- Earlier this year, the couple pleaded not guilty in a separate Manhattan federal court drug case; their attorneys are seeking dismissal of all charges, citing immunity as the former leader and first lady of Venezuela.
- The revised indictment covers allegations stretching back to Maduro's 2013 ascent to power, while he remains under investigation by the International Criminal Court regarding long-standing allegations of crimes against humanity.
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At the beginning of the year, the Venezuelan presidential couple were captured in a controversial action, brought to the United States and charged with torture.
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rtl.luVenezuela's Maduro denies US torture charges as 'false accusations'
They appeared at a New York court after prosecutors alleged they conspired to commit acts including waterboardings, rapes and beatings against victims, including American citizens, in Venezuelan detention. Maduro, who has previously called himself a "prisoner of war," slammed the latest charges as "false accusations" during a 35-minute hearing. Asked by the judge how he pleaded to the indictment against him, the 63-year-old responded, "I reject …
Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, pleaded not guilty to torture in a New York court on Thursday. ...
Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit torture; the trial will begin on June 14, 2027.
Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores pleaded non-coupible on Thursday new charges brought against them by the US courts for torture, the former Venezuelan head of state denouncing "false allegations".
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