Ousted Venezuelan chief Nicolas Maduro and his spouse, Cilia Flores, every pleaded not responsible Thursday to new charges accusing them of torturing folks, together with People, to assist them cling to energy.
Maduro, in a beige jail smock over a brown T-shirt and carrying glasses, greeted the viewers with a wave and shook fingers together with his attorneys.
Requested how he pleaded to the costs contained in a superseding indictment, Maduro responded, “I reject this doc in its entirety” and known as the accusations of torture “false.”
New York Metropolis Police Division (NYPD) officers exterior the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Federal Courthouse in New York on Oct. 15, 2026. Former Venezuelan chief Nicolas Maduro and his spouse Cilia Flores are being arraigned on a brand new cost of conspiracy to commit torture.
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Maduro and his spouse are scheduled to face trial on June 14, 2027.
Federal prosecutors accused Maduro of conspiring together with his spouse to torture people who have been held in Venezuelan prisons, based on a prison indictment unsealed final week.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his spouse Cilia Flores wave after his swearing-in ceremony for a 3rd time period on the Nationwide Meeting in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 10, 2025.
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The indictment accused his authorities of torturing People as a result of Maduro “assigned blame to the US for the instability in Venezuela.”
Federal prosecutors alleged Maduro “presided over this method of repression and torture” and his spouse, Cilia Flores, is accused of serving to him develop it.
“When Maduro turned President of Venezuela in or about 2013, he licensed the usage of torture towards particular people and oversaw a system designed to make use of torture, navy detention, and violence as a method of repression towards the political opposition,” the indictment alleged.
Law enforcement officials work exterior the courthouse during which former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his spouse Cilia Flores are attending in New York, Oct. 15, 2026. A brand new indictment accuses the 2 of conspiring to torture political opponents, including to the prevailing narcotrafficking expenses.
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Maduro was charged by superseding indictment with one depend of conspiracy to commit torture and Flores was charged with one depend of conspiracy to commit torture and one depend of narcoterrorism.
Individuals protest towards former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his spouse Cilia Flores exterior a federal courthouse in New York, Oct. 15, 2026. A brand new indictment accuses the 2 of conspiring to torture political opponents, including to the prevailing narcotrafficking expenses.
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Each beforehand pleaded not responsible to narcoterrorism and drug trafficking expenses and maintained their innocence throughout their first courtroom look in January, following their seize by U.S. forces in a military operation in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas.
Maduro’s lawyer argued in a courtroom submitting final month that the previous president is immune from prosecution as a result of he was the chief of a sovereign nation.
