Event Brief
Oct 17, 2026 at 12:10 AM ET
U.S. prosecutors charge Maduro and Flores with conspiracy
By The BriefBrief
U.S. prosecutors charged ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, with conspiring to torture political opponents and American citizens, adding to a drug-trafficking case they already faced. Separately, Judge Alvin Hellerstein denied Flores’s request for release from jail on health grounds ahead of a trial scheduled for next year.
WHO: U.S. prosecutors
WHAT: charged Nicolas Maduro and Cilia Flores with conspiring to torture political opponents and American citizens
WHEN: Oct 8, 2026
WHERE: USA
WHY: The reason for the charges was not reported.
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