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US charges Maduro, wife with overseeing repression, torture of Americans
US prosecutors unveiled sweeping new criminal charges against former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday, accusing him and his wife of heading a state-sponsored system of repression responsible for beating, asphyxiating, and delivering electric shocks to scores of victims, including several Americans. The torture charges add to pressure on the ousted authoritarian leader and his wife, Cilia Flores, who were seized from their Caracas home by the US military in January to face drug tr…
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