Venezuelan opposition leader María Machado returns after months in exile
Machado had left the country just a month before the US government seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
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Machado had left the country just a month before the US government seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Washington has raised pressure on Havana after the capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Maduro and his wife were charged with leading a state-sponsored repression campaign that tortured scores of victims during his presidency from 2013 to 2026.
"I reject this document entirely," Maduro said in court, responding to newly added torture-related charges.
Maduro and his wife were charged with leading a state-sponsored repression campaign that tortured scores of victims during his presidency from 2013 to 2026.
Maduro and wife appear in New York City court after new 'conspiracy to commit torture' charges.
According to a new charge before a federal court in Manhattan, Venezuelan deposed President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were charged with an additional charge of conspiracy to commit torture. The Office of the Prosecutor maintains that both used their position of power to prosecute opposition persons considered a threat to the Venezuelan Government.
The US courts added charges of "compulsory acts of torture" to the prosecution of drug trafficking against former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, who had been detained in New York since their capture in January. The couple's trial is scheduled for June 1, 2027.
Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores face a new US charge over alleged torture.
US prosecutors have added a new charge to their case against deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, accusing the couple of conspiring to commit torture.
The charge is added to the case for drug trafficking and other crimes that the couple faces in a federal court in New York
Venezuela's former president and his wife were accused by the U.S. Department of Justice of having participated in the torture of Americans detained in Caracas.
The new accusations relate to the alleged torture of US citizens held in Venezuela while Maduro was in power.
The new US charge adds to the existing drug trafficking case against Venezuela’s former president and first lady.
Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, face a new criminal charge in the United States for an alleged conspiracy to commit acts of torture against political opponents during the Venezuelan government. The indictment was incorporated on Thursday, 8 October, into the case that both already face in New York for drug-related crimes.
Prosecutors are considering charges for the alleged torture of more than a dozen Americans detained in Venezuela. Meanwhile, Cilia Flores is seeking release from jail on health grounds.
The new charges are expected to accuse Maduro and his wife of playing a role in the torture of Americans in Venezuelan prisons, US media reports.
New months after the capture of Maduro, the strategic alliance forged for more than a quarter of a century between the two governments gives signs of weakening.
The prosecutors who bring the case against the former president claim that neither the White House nor Miraflores have recognized Maduro as president, so neither should the federal court.
The president of Madrid says that Spain lives "decisive hours" and that a new victory on the left would mean entering "a very dangerous unknown path"