Jailed Cilia Flores Has ‘Very Delicate’ Heart Condition, Son Says
Her lawyers say a cardiac catheterization is needed after a 25-pound weight loss and worsening heart condition, while prosecutors call the request special treatment.
- On Thursday, District Judge Alvin Hellerstein scheduled a hearing to decide whether to release Cilia Flores from a Brooklyn jail, where her lawyers requested house arrest citing a worsening heart condition and 25-pound weight loss.
- Prosecutors argue that Flores refused diagnostic tests unless released, stating she "effectively created a medical hardship that she now relies on to seek release." The 69-year-old fears waking from anesthesia handcuffed to a bed or surrounded by inmates.
- Defense attorneys proposed moving Flores to a private home with 24-hour monitoring by security teams, but prosecutors rejected the plan as "an attempt to leverage her wealth to receive special treatment," citing denials for Sean "Diddy" Combs.
- Attorneys for Maduro and Flores filed motions claiming sovereign immunity, citing a 2024 Supreme Court ruling that granted Trump broad immunity and arguing their alleged actions constituted an "official act" as part of their government roles.
- The couple faces drug-trafficking and gun-running allegations, with legal challenges to the Justice Department's charges expected to continue; Judge Hellerstein is not expected to decide on immunity motions until next year, likely delaying any jury trial.
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The wife of captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Cilia Flores, suffered a heart attack a few months ago while in US prison, Associated Press reported citing her lawyers
Representatives of 69-year-old Flores said she suffered a heart attack in July. They added that her heart problems cannot be treated in prison. Flores lost 11 kilograms during her time in custody. Her lawyers said they would seek her transfer...
She is being held in a federal prison in Brooklyn, New York, and a few weeks ago she applied for home prison in order to receive medical treatment.
The wife of former President Nicholas Maduro Celia Flores of Venezuela suffers from serious heart problems; she needs to get out of prison to be treated; the son of a former Venezuelan leader, Deputy Nicholas Maduro Guerra. Flores found a heart prolapsing that could lead to heart failure in serious cases; Maduro, Jr. Barron's, referring to Agence France-Presse. She needed surgery; and conditions in the Brooklyn prison, where she was with her hus…
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