Summary
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, pleaded not guilty to new U.S. charges accusing them of conspiracy to commit torture. The U.S. also charges them with drug trafficking and weapons offenses, and they appeared in court in New York after being captured in a U.S. military operation in January.Key Facts
- Maduro and Flores deny the new U.S. charges of plotting torture.
- They were taken from Caracas by a U.S. military operation in January.
- They face earlier charges including drug trafficking and illegal weapons possession.
- The U.S. says they ran a system of torture and violence targeting political opponents and others.
- Torture methods allegedly included beatings, electric shocks, sleep deprivation, and threatening families.
- Maduro has been Venezuela’s president since 2013 and was re-elected most recently in 2024.
- Venezuela’s vice president, Delcy Rodriguez, is acting president after Maduro’s capture.
- Rodriguez initially condemned the U.S. action but now works with the Trump administration to open Venezuela’s oil industry to foreign companies.
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