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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Maduro and Wife Deny Torture Charges as U.S. Prosecutors Detail Alleged Abuse of American Prisoners
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, pleaded not guilty to expanded federal charges accusing them of overseeing a system of political ... The post Maduro and Wife Deny Torture Charges as U.S. Prosecutors Detail Alleged Abuse of American Prisoners first appeared on [your]NEWS.
Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said today in court in New York that allegations of torture in an amended drug-trafficking indictment against him and his wife are "false allegations."
Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores rejected new charges of torture in New York. Learn about the accusations and details of their judicial process.
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Maduro pleads not guilty to torture charges
Former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and his wife each pleaded not guilty to new charges alleging they tortured U.S. citizens. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, appeared in a New York City federal courtroom on Thursday for an arraignment on new charges that the two were allegedly involved in conspiring to commit torture. The new […]
Venezuela's ousted President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores pleaded not guilty on Thursday to new torture charges against the couple, who have been in US custody since January when they were taken from their Caracas residence in a surprise US military raid.
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