Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife face a new criminal charge that they are responsible for the alleged torture of U.S. citizens detained in the South American country.
Prosecutors in New York filed the new criminal count Thursday, adding to existing charges against Maduro, 63. The government specifically said that Maduro conspired in the torture of nine people, three of whom were U.S. citizens.
Venezuelan officers detained an American identified only as “Victim-7,” who was tortured over two or three days, then transferred to a prison where he endured beatings, electric shocks, asphyxiation, forced injections and deprivation of food and water over 8??months, according to the new court filing. At least two other U.S. citizens allegedly suffered similar torture and injuries.
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