Maduro pleads not guilty to new torture-related charges in New York
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Venezuela’s former leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, appeared in court on Thursday to plead not guilty to new charges of conspiracy to commit torture.
The US government initially accused Maduro of narco-terrorism, drug trafficking and weapons-related offenses, before adding new charges against him and Flores last week.
Maduro and Flores were captured in January during a US military raid, after which they were taken to New York, where they remain in jail.