
Maduro Hit With New Indictment Charging Torture Conspiracy, Alleging Electric Shocks and Beatings
The revised U.S. indictment, unsealed Thursday, also charges his wife Cilia Flores and says three American citizens were among the victims.
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10 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: October 8, 2026.

The revised U.S. indictment, unsealed Thursday, also charges his wife Cilia Flores and says three American citizens were among the victims.

Christian Castro, 52, pleaded not guilty to six federal counts of making false statements to the FBI. Surveillance video contradicted his account of being attacked with a broom and a snow shovel.
Prosecutors say a shift commander led guards into a cell at Ketziot Prison after evening count in November 2023. Thaer Abu Asab, 38, died hours later with broken ribs and cardiac failure.

Prosecutors say Yinon Levi fired toward a crowd that included children in Umm al-Khair. The bullet passed through Awdah Hathaleen's lungs and a major blood vessel in his chest.
Prosecutors say eight men planned to fly explosive-laden drones into the UFC Freedom 250 card on the South Lawn and shoot fleeing spectators. Trial is set for September 14.

A New Orleans grand jury charged the state's first female attorney general with intimidation and malfeasance, touching off what one prosecutor called a 'constitutional crisis.'

Former Cuban president could face charges over 1996 killings as White House intensifies pressure through energy embargo and surveillance flights.

Federal prosecutors in North Carolina charge the former FBI director with making a threat against President Trump, in a case legal scholars say tests the limits of the First Amendment.

The former FBI director faces charges stemming from a photograph of seashells posted on a North Carolina beach that the Trump administration characterized as a threat.

The charges stem from a photograph of seashells on a North Carolina beach, marking another legal development in ongoing investigations.