Venezuela’s Maduro says new US torture allegations are ‘false’
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The ex-president is accused of overseeing a violent torture system that beat, asphyxiated and delivered electric shocks to victims
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Associated Press Published: 12:32am, 16 Oct 2026
Former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro insisted on Thursday during an appearance in a New York court that torture allegations in a rewritten drug-trafficking indictment against him and his wife were “false accusations”.
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.
Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein entered a “not guilty” plea on behalf of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. They were seized from their Caracas home by the US military in a nighttime raid in January.
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