Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
21%
4 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
74/100
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Venezuela's ousted president Nicolás Maduro to face new U.S. charges
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president → oust → charges
The Latest
- New charges will be filed today in the case against ousted Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro in the U.S., the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office says.
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office → file → U.S.
- Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were captured by the United States in a special military operation in January and brought to New York to face drug trafficking charges.
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Maduro → capture → charges
- They have pleaded not guilty and are set to go on trial next year.
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They → plead → trial
Both are being held in a federal jail in Brooklyn.
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Both → hold → Brooklyn
The couple's attorneys have previously asked for the case to be dismissed on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country.
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they → ask → country
Lawyers for Flores, 69, have also argued that she has medical issues that cannot be treated effectively in jail, and that she could instead be allowed to live under 24-hour guard at a residence in New York.
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she → argue → York
The United States, on the other hand, will likely argue it does not recognize Maduro as the legitimate leader of Venezuela, and hasn't since 2019, when it said his re-election was fraudulent.
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election → argue → 2019
"I could see the Department of Justice convincing a judge of their position that he actually isn't a true head of state and he was not properly elected, and I think most nations in the world would agree with that," Margaret Donovan, a Yale Law School lecturer and former U.S. federal prosecutor, told CBC News in January.
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Donovan → see → January
Still, the defence is a natural choice given some parallels with the U.S.'s own leadership, according to Donovan
"Of course, we have a leader here in the United States … who is very keen on having immunity from criminal offences when you are the head of state," she said.
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she → give → state
Toward the end of the couple's first brief court appearance in January, where both Maduro and Flores pleaded not guilty, Maduro's defence lawyer Barry J. Pollack said his client "is head of a sovereign state and entitled to the privilege" that the status ensures.
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status → plead → that
-With files from The Associated Press
- Verity Stevenson
Flores and Maduro arrested in January nighttime raid
Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores have been in a Brooklyn jail since early January, when 150 U.S. aircraft descended overnight on Caracas and captured the couple.
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aircraft → arrest → couple
Both have pleaded not guilty in a criminal case first brought six years ago against them and numerous alleged co-conspirators.
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Both → plead → them
They face potential life prison sentences if convicted of being part of a conspiracy to send cocaine into the U.S.
U.S. prosecutors say Maduro carried out a conspiracy to move thousands of tonnes of cocaine into the U.S. by colluding with Venezuelan law enforcement to help drug kingpins.
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Maduro → face → kingpins
Flores was set to be back in court today.
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Flores → set → court
Her lawyers are expected to urge a judge to free her from jail and put her under house arrest because she has heart problems.
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she → expect → problems
-With files from The Associated Press
- Mark Gollom
Maduro faces new charges
New charges will be filed today in the U.S case against former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, according to the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office.
CNN had previously reported that prosecutors in New York were expected to bring new charges against Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores over the alleged torture of Americans who were held in Venezuelan government custody in recent years.
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who → face → years
Maduro and Flores have been behind bars in New York since early January when U.S. military forces seized them from their Caracas home in a nighttime raid.
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forces → seize → raid
They already face potential life prison sentences if convicted on their January charges of being part of a conspiracy to send cocaine into the U.S.
- with files from The Associated Press and Reuters
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They → face → Press
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