Maduro Faces Torture Charges In Court

What happened

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Analysis

How it changed

1. 15 Oct

   Maduro and Flores (pictured in court on October 8) have been detained in the US since early January, when they were seized and arrested by US authorities in a shock overnight raid at their residence in Caracas

   3 outlets · Daily Mail

Coverage 6 articles

• 15 Oct Maduro pleads not guilty to new torture-related charges in New YorkNicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores appeared in a New York court on Thursday to plead not guilty to new charges of conspiracy to commit torture related to their alleged role in creating a system of repression that led to the torture and death of thousands of Venezuelans. The US government also previously charged them with narco-terrorism, drug trafficking, and weapons-related offenses. During the hearing…BBC
• 15 Oct Venezuela's Maduro due in NYC court over conspiracy to commit torture chargesVenezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores are set to appear before a U.S. court due to new charges related to conspiracy to commit torture. CBS News reporter Katrina Kaufman covers this development.CBS News
• 15 Oct Venezuela's Maduro and wife plead not guilty to US torture chargesNicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores appeared before a New York federal court on October 15 to plead not guilty to new charges accusing them of conspiring to torture political opponents in Venezuela. They were previously charged with helping drug traffickers ship cocaine and now face additional allegations related to human rights abuses, including orchestrating the torture of military personnel. If convicted…The Straits Times
• 15 Oct Defiant Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro rails against torture charges and denies claims Americans were asphyxiated and given electric shocks to the genitals...leading judge to stop him speakingNicolas Maduro, the former Venezuelan dictator, was cut off by Judge Alvin Hellerstein during his arraignment hearing on torture charges in Manhattan. Maduro denied the allegations, which include claims of simulated drowning, asphyxiation, and electric shocks to genitals against Americans under his regime. The judge entered a not guilty plea on behalf of Maduro after he refused to directly enter one himself. Both…Daily Mail
• 15 Oct Nicolás Maduro tells New York court new torture allegations are ‘false’During an appearance before a New York court on Thursday, Venezuela's deposed President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores denied new torture allegations against them. Shackled at the ankles, Maduro described the charges in the rewritten drug trafficking indictment as “false accusations.” The judge entered a not-guilty plea on behalf of both Maduro and Flores, who were captured by US military forces in a…The Guardian
• 15 Oct Ex-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is returning to federal court to face torture allegationsFormer Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores are set to appear in a New York federal court on Thursday, facing additional charges related to leading a campaign of state-sponsored torture against numerous victims, including three Americans. The couple were previously indicted for drug trafficking and were apprehended by U.S. military forces during a raid in January at their home in Caracas…Toronto Star

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