Maduro, wife due for arraignment on torture charges
Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are due in a Manhattan federal court to face new charges alleging they conspired to oversee torture of political opponents and detainees, including three Americans. The charges expand their existing drug-trafficking case; both deny the allegations and have pleaded not guilty to the earlier charges.
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About Cilia Flores
Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro is a Venezuelan lawyer and politician who served as the first lady of Venezuela from 2013 to 2026, as the wife of Nicolás Maduro, the 53rd president of Venezuela. A member of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, she served as president of National Assembly of Venezuela from 2006 to 2011. On 3 January 2026, she and Maduro were captured and extracted out of Venezuela following the United States intervention, resulting in their de facto removal from power.
Everything about Cilia Flores →- Occupation
- politician, lawyer
- Position held
- member of the National Assembly of Venezuela, First Lady of Venezuela, member of the National Assembly of Venezuela, President of the National Assembly of Venezuela
- Citizenship
- Venezuela
- Born
- October 15, 1956
