The U.S, District Court for the Southern District of New York charged former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores with conspiracy to commit torture to Americans and others to stay in power, according to a superseding indictment filed Thursday.Maduro's government, according to the indictment, "presided over a system of repression that relied on violence against political opposition, arbitrary detention, and the torture of detainees, including United States citizens."The torture included "electric shock, asphyxiation, rape, forced nudity, prolonged isolation, starvation, pu...
Nicolas Maduro and wife Cilia Flores face new charge of conspiracy to torture Americans
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