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Maduro, Wife Face New Torture Charges. Here's What It Means for Their Case - Newsweek (opens in a new tab)
Maduro, Wife Face New Torture Charges. Here's What It Means for Their Case · 2025-08-01
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Claim 1 of 5Not checkedU.S. prosecutors unveiled new torture-related charges against former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and former first lady Cilia Flores, adding a conspiracy-to-commit-torture count to an existing federal prosecution.View evidenceHide evidence
As statednew torture-related charges; conspiracy-to-commit-torture count
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Claim 2 of 5Not checkedProsecutors contend the couple used state institutions, security forces and allied groups to target opponents and detainees as part of a decades-long effort to maintain power through violence, intimidation and repression.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 3 of 5Not checkedThe Justice Department alleges that multiple U.S. citizens were among the victims and says the conduct included electric shock, asphyxiation, rape, starvation, prolonged isolation and psychological torture.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 4 of 5Not checkedLegal experts quoted by Newsweek said the added torture allegations could strengthen the government's case, may lead to a delay or continuance of the June 2027 trial, and could support a motion to sever the torture count from the narcotics case.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 5 of 5Not checkedAn international-law scholar said the prosecution could implicate the Convention Against Torture, test head-of-state immunity, and potentially generate evidence useful to foreign courts or international bodies.View evidenceHide evidence
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