Exclusive: Nicolás Maduro and his wife expected to face new charges over alleged torture of Americans独家报道：尼古拉斯·马杜罗及其妻子预计将因涉嫌酷刑虐待美国人而面临新的指控。
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 who were held in Venezuelan government custody in recent years, according to multiple people familiar with the investigation.
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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 who were held in Venezuelan government custody in recent years, according to multiple people familiar with the investigation.
An announcement could come as soon as Thursday, the people said.
The new charges relate to what the US government has said was the wrongful detention of more than a dozen US citizens in Venezuelan prisons during the time Maduro led a repressive regime in Venezuela, the people briefed on the investigation said.
Investigators have also discussed charging several additional people for their alleged role in the torture of Americans, according to a source familiar with the matter.
The Maduros were captured in a US 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.
This story is breaking and will be updated.
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据多位知情人士透露，纽约检察官预计将对委内瑞拉前总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗及其妻子西莉亚·弗洛雷斯提起新的指控，指控他们涉嫌在近年来对被委内瑞拉政府拘留的美国人实施酷刑。
知情人士透露，最早可能在周四发布公告。
据了解调查情况的人士透露，新的指控与美国政府所称的在马杜罗领导委内瑞拉高压政权期间，十几名美国公民被错误拘留在委内瑞拉监狱有关。
据一位知情人士透露，调查人员还讨论过对其他几名涉嫌参与虐待美国人的人员提起诉讼。
今年1月，马杜罗父子在美军突袭加拉加斯总统府时被捕。他们对毒品恐怖主义阴谋和其他指控拒不不认罪，目前被关押在纽约，不得保释。
这是突发新闻，我们将持续更新。