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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Philip Marcelo and Larry Neumeister

Wife of ex-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro seeks release from US jail

US Venezuela Maduro - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The wife of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was set to be back in court Thursday, where her lawyers will urge a judge to free her from jail and put her under house arrest because she has heart problems.

Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores have been behind bars in New York since early January when forces seized them from their Caracas home in a middle-of-the-night raid.

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