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US hits Venezuela’s Maduro and wife with torture charges
US prosecutors on Thursday charged ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores with conspiring to torture political opponents and American citizens, adding to the drug trafficking case the couple already faced. Separately, US District Judge Alvin Hellerstein, who is overseei
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All five outlets focus on new torture-related charges tied to Nicolás Maduro, with Fox News and CBS News both flagging that the allegations involve Americans and that his wife is also implicated. Axios and The Guardian US are the only ones to say the charges are already being brought or unsealed in court papers, while BBC News is alone in referring more generally to “more charges this week” and noting an updated indictment. CBS News uniquely adds that Maduro’s lawyer said he had not been given notice of additional charges.
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