Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro and wife Cilia Flores deny US torture charges as 'false accusations'
- Venezuela Nicolas Maduro: 5 events in the last 90 days
- Previous: 6 days earlier · US files new torture charges against Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro and wife Cilia Flores
What happened
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.
Summary assembled by rule from the sources below