# Maduro pleads not guilty to new torture-related charges in New York

https://mins.news/en/item/102007

- BBC News, 2026-10-15 16:52 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqwyrn1l74zro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Venezuela’s former leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, pleaded not guilty in a New York court to newly added charges of conspiring to commit torture. Prosecutors allege they maintained a violent system of repression. Maduro rejected the accusations; the trial is scheduled for June 2027.

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