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Venezuela’s Maduro says new US torture allegations are ‘false’
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PUBLISHEDOct 15, 2026, 4:32 PM
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Former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro insisted on Thursday during an appearance in a New York court that torture allegations in a rewritten drug-trafficking indictment against him and his wife were “false accusations”.
Maduro, shackled at the ankles, was brought to court to face the new charges accusing the couple of leading a state-sponsored campaign of repression that tortured scores of victims, including…
Main source: SCMP
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