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Maduro and Cilia Flores to answer new torture conspiracy charges
A federal judge in New York scheduled a hearing for Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores on October 15.
The US prosecutors have added charges accusing them of conspiring to commit torture.
Maduro, Venezuela’s deposed president, and his wife also face existing charges including conspiring to import cocaine and possessing machine guns and destructive devices.
The updated indictment also extends a narcoterrorism conspiracy charge to Flores, which had previously applied only to Maduro.
Both were captured by US forces in Caracas on January 3 and remain detained in New York.
At the hearing, they are to be formally read the charges and can enter pleas.
Their trial is scheduled for June 2027, and a November 17 hearing is set to consider their request to dismiss the charges on sovereign-immunity grounds.
A US judge scheduled a New York hearing for Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores to respond to new charges of conspiracy to commit torture.
The hearing is set for October 15 at 11 a.m. local time.
US prosecutors also extended a narcoterrorism charge previously brought against Maduro to Flores.
Both remain accused of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and of machine-gun and destructive-device offenses.
Maduro and Flores are being held in New York after their capture in Caracas on January 3.
- Who
- Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, the defendants in the case.
- What
- They are due to respond to new charges of conspiracy to commit torture.
- When
- October 15, at 11 a.m. local time.
- Where
- A federal court in New York.
- Why
- A US judge scheduled the hearing so they can respond to charges in an updated indictment.
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US forces captured Maduro and Flores in Caracas and later transferred them to New York.
US prosecutors brought conspiracy-to-commit-torture charges against both and extended the narcoterrorism charge to Flores.
A hearing is scheduled for Maduro and Flores to respond to the charges.
The judge is due to consider a request to dismiss the charges on sovereign-immunity grounds.
The trial is scheduled to begin.
- Hearing
- October 15 at 11 a.m. local time
- Court
- New York
- Judge
- Alvin Hellerstein
- Defendants
- Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores
- Capture
- January 3 in Caracas
- Trial
- Scheduled for June 2027
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represión y torturas
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