US prosecutors have added charges over the alleged torture of US citizens against deposed Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on top of the drug trafficking case. Both remain jailed in New York; Flores's lawyers plan to seek house arrest.
Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela's deposed president, faces a US drug trafficking prosecution in New York, where he has been jailed since early January together with his wife, Cilia Flores. US prosecutors are the accusers; Maduro and Flores are the defendants.
US prosecutors have indicted Venezuela's deposed president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, over the alleged torture of US citizens, adding to the existing drug trafficking case. Both have been in jail in New York since early January; Flores's lawyers say they will seek her transfer to house arrest, and TASS reports she suffered a heart attack in July.