Nicolás Maduro, wife face new criminal charges

Venezuela’s ousted President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, face a new criminal charge in the United States, accused of conspiring to torture political opponents and American citizens. Prosecutors allege the couple used repression to maintain their grip on power, including beatings and electric shocks. The charge expands an existing drug-trafficking case against them in New York, where both remain in custody. The revised indictment adds conspiracy to commit torture to the charges against…