Maduro and wife charged with conspiracy to commit torture in new indictment

A superseding indictment filed Thursday in the Southern District of New York charged former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, with conspiracy to commit torture against American detainees. Prosecutors allege Maduro authorized torture, arbitrary detention and violence against political opposition, including electrocution, beatings and simulated drowning. The couple already faced narcoterrorism, drug trafficking and weapons charges after being captured from Caracas and held in US custody since January.