What changed in this update
Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has rejected newly unsealed torture allegations against him and his wife as "false accusations".
Event intelligence
US torture charges against Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores
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Current state
Former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores remain in US custody in New York and have pleaded not guilty to a superseding US indictment charging them with conspiracy to commit torture, adding to existing drug-trafficking and firearms charges.
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ABC News
Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro pleads not guilty to torture
Ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, each pleaded not guilty to new charges accusing them of torturing people to help them cling to power.
Sky News – World Sky
Nicolas Maduro and wife deny new torture charges as 'false accusations'
Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has rejected newly unsealed torture allegations against him and his wife as "false accusations".
DW
Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro pleads not guilty to torture indictment
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.
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DW
Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro pleads not guilty to torture 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.
France 24
Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro and wife Cilia Flores deny US torture charges as 'false accusations'
Ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores pleaded not guilty Thursday to new charges brought against them by US authorities for torture, calling them “false allegations". The couple has been held in a New York jail since their capture by the US military in early January and is facing a new indictment accusing them of conspiring to torture political opponents and US citizens.
Al Jazeera
Venezuela’s Maduro pleads not guilty to US conspiracy to torture charges
Maduro and wife appear in New York City court after new 'conspiracy to commit torture' charges.