# US files new torture charges against Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro and wife Cilia Flores

https://mins.news/en/item/92325

- France 24, 2026-10-08 23:56 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20261008-us-files-new-torture-charges-venezuela-nicolas-maduro-cilia-flores

> The United States charged ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on Thursday with conspiring to commit torture, adding to existing drug trafficking and firearms charges. Prosecutors allege detainees, including US citizens, were waterboarded, raped and beaten. The pair remain in US custody after a January military raid.

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