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Nicolas Maduro, wife face torture charge in new U.S. indictment

Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are now facing an additional charge of conspiracy to commit torture as federal prosecutors filed a superseding indictment in the Southern District of New York on Thursday. “As alleged in the indictment, the Maduro regime subjected over a dozen American citizens to torture while held […]

Maduro, wife seek dismissal of drug trafficking indictment on immunity grounds

New York — Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife asked a judge on Wednesday to dismiss the drug trafficking indictment against them on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country. In papers filed in Manhattan federal court, lawyers for Maduro said a judge was […]