Venezuela's Maduro, wife Flores charged in US over alleged torture
The new indictment adds human-rights allegations to existing drug charges, and prosecutors say Maduro and Cilia Flores face potential life sentences.
- On Thursday, U.S. authorities unsealed a new indictment charging Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro with torture, adding to drug trafficking offenses he faced since American forces captured him in Caracas in January.
- President Donald Trump's administration defended the January raid as a "surgical law enforcement operation," while Maduro has called his capture a kidnapping and himself a prisoner of war.
- Lawyers for Cilia Flores, 69, urged a judge Thursday for house arrest, citing her loss of 25 pounds while imprisoned at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn and ongoing heart problems.
- Prosecutors opposed the bail request in a court filing, writing that Flores would pose an "extreme risk of flight and danger to the public" if released from custody.
- Both defendants have pleaded not guilty to the years-old criminal charges, with their attorneys arguing for dismissal on immunity grounds as the leader and first lady of Venezuela.
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New U.S. indictment charges former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro with torture
Former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro has been charged by U.S. authorities with torture and other crimes in a new indictment unsealed Thursday that adds pressure on the ousted authoritarian leader already fighting drug trafficking offences.
US charges former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro with torture and other crimes in new indictment - The Boston Globe
Maduro, who was previously charged with participating in a conspiracy to send cocaine into the US, is now also facing allegations of human rights abuses.
Venezuela's Maduro, wife Flores charged in US over alleged torture
Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores both were hit with an additional US criminal charge on Thursday stemming from accusations they tortured political opponents to retain their grip on power in the South American country.
Maduro to face new U.S. charges over alleged torture of Americans, official says
Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas and his wife Cilia Flores are expected to face new criminal charges in the U.S. over the alleged torture of Americans held in the South American country, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas and his wife Cilia Flores are expected to face new criminal charges in the U.S. over the alleged torture of Americans held in the South American country, a U.S. official said on Wednesd…
We bring you today's editorial, Wednesday, October 7, 2026, from our radio program César Miguel Rondón Today: Living at the mercy of the torturer in Venezuela The entry Living at the mercy of the torturer in Venezuela was first published in César Miguel Rondón.
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