Nicolás Maduro tells New York court new torture allegations are ‘false’

<p>Rewritten indictment accuses ex-Venezuela president and wife Cilia Flores of leading campaign of torture</p><p>Nicolás Maduro insisted on Thursday during an appearance in a New York court that torture allegations in a rewritten drug trafficking indictment against the deposed Venezuelan president and his wife were “false accusations”.</p><p>Maduro, shackled at the ankles, was brought to court to face the new charges accusing the couple of leading a state-sponsored campaign of repression that tortured scores of victims, including three Americans.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/15/nicolas-maduro-torture-allegations-cilia-flores">Continue reading...</a>