US prosecutors filed expanded criminal charges against former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, accusing them of overseeing systematic torture. Maduro denies wrongdoing, while the case adds to existing drug trafficking charges and raises fresh human rights concerns
Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were captured by US forces and jailed in New York on narco-terrorism charges. Vice President Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as interim president amid disputes over Venezuela’s political legitimacy and international intervention