# Maduro’s wife Cilia Flores to seek release from US jail

https://mins.news/en/item/91177

- Reuters, 2026-10-08 10:35 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/cilia-flores-wife-venezuelas-maduro-press-release-us-jail-2026-10-08/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ac771dd7858580001464b4a

> Cilia Flores, the wife of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is expected to appear in a US court on Thursday and ask a federal judge to release her on health grounds. She is jailed while awaiting a drug-trafficking trial next year.

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