Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro told a judge that US allegations against him, including new claims that he conspired to torture US citizens detained in his country, were false.
Maduro, 63, made the statement at an arraignment in federal court in New York Thursday. Judge Alvin Hellerstein entered a not guilty plea on Maduro’s behalf after the former president failed to directly answer the judge’s questions about his plea. Maduro’s wife, Cilia Flores, 69, pleaded not guilty and said she was “completely innocent.
MANHATTAN (CN) — Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro, pleaded not guilty Thursday to a new indictment charging him with torturing political rivals...