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Ex-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is returning to federal court to face torture allegations

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The Associated Press. (2026, October 15). Ex-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is returning to federal court to face torture allegations. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/united-states/ex-venezuelan-president-nicol-s-maduro-is-returning-to-federal-court-to-face-torture-allegations/article_b7cf8fbe-b618-513d-86fd-cf4e00059ed8.html

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Former 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. They are expected to enter pleas of not guilty to these new allegations.

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Nicolás Maduro, the former president of Venezuela, and his wife Cilia Flores appeared in a New York federal court on October 15 to face rewritten charges accusing them of leading a state-sponsored campaign that tortured scores of victims, including three Americans. Judge Alvin Hellerstein entered not-guilty pleas on their behalf after Maduro repeatedly denied the new accusations as "false" and was cut off by the judge. The couple was captured in a nighttime raid at their home in Caracas in January 2026. Prosecutors allege that Maduro oversaw a violent torture system, which included beating, asphyxiation, and electric shocks to victims. This case is rare, with only a few instances of foreign officials being prosecuted for such crimes in the US court system.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife return Thursday to a New York courtroom to face a rewritten indictment accusing them of leading a state-sponsored campaign of repression that tortured scores of victims, including three Americans. asserted

that → return → Americans

Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were expected to plead not guilty in Manhattan federal court to charges added to a drug trafficking indictment brought months earlier against the two. asserted

Maduro → expect → two

They were seized from their Caracas home by the U.S. military in a nighttime raid in January. asserted

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