All stories

1 outlets · filed 15 October 2026

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

This story is from the archive. It was covered between 15 October 2026 and 15 October 2026, and nothing below has been updated since. See what is happening now.

Rewritten indictment accuses ex-Venezuela president and wife Cilia Flores of leading campaign of torture 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 w

What the coverage shows

All four outlets center on Maduro and Cilia Flores rejecting the torture accusations in court, with AP, France 24 and the Guardian US all using “false” or similar language in their headlines. France 24 and AP also foreground the couple’s courtroom stance, while The Independent uniquely leads with them appearing in court on new torture charges and its extract alone says prosecutors accuse Maduro of directing torture against politicians and military personnel. The Guardian US alone frames the charges as part of a rewritten indictment and mentions the allegation of a campaign of torture.

Written by Crossfiled from the 1 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.

The Guardian US

How it broke

1outlets
0videos
1articles

More on US Politics

Every US Politics story, across every outlet