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This Image Doesn't Show Cilia Flores in Court with Head Bandage and Black Eye. Here's the Proof

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Flores, the wife of Nicolás Maduro, has appeared in public with light blond hair since at least 2019.

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Cilia Flores was arrested by the American army alongside her husband, Nicolas Maduro. A photograph of her, wounded in her face, circulates online, but has never been taken. - VERIF' - Beware of this image of Cilia Flores in court with the swollen face (International).

A photograph showing a woman with a bruise on her left eye and a bandage on her forehead is circulated on social media and, according to viral messages, it would be Cilia Flores, wife of Nicolás Maduro. The publications claim that the image was taken in a courtroom in New York after she and Maduro were captured by the United States, but it is a bull. No records. There is no evidence that the viral image has been published by official means or so…

Cilia Flores did not appear in the Southern District Court of New York with her dark hair loose, as depicted in circulating images, but rather with her hair blonde and tied back, according to Jane Rosenberg's photographs of the hearing. She also appears blonde in images of her arrival in New York on January 5. Their clothing also differs: both she and Maduro wore "navy blue and orange prison uniforms and khaki pants," according to the BBC, which…

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Snopes broke the news in United States on Friday, January 9, 2026.
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