⚡️🇻🇪🇺🇸 — Prosecutors in New York are expected to bring new charges against former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores over the alleged torture of Americans held in Venezuelan government custody in recent years, with an announcement possible as soon as Thursday, according to multiple people familiar with the investigation cited by CNN.

The new charges relate to what the U.S. government has said was the wrongful detention of more than a dozen U.S. citizens in Venezuelan prisons during the time Maduro led a repressive regime. Investigators have also discussed charging several additional people for their alleged role in the torture of Americans.

The Maduros were captured in a U.S. military raid in January from the presidential palace in Caracas. They have pleaded not guilty to narcoterrorism conspiracy and other charges and are held without bail in New York.

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