Maduro's Wife Seeks Release From Jail Citing Heart Illness
Her lawyers say a 30-minute chest episode and doctors’ recommendations for cardiac catheterization justify release under armed surveillance and GPS monitoring.
- In a 23-page filing submitted this week, Flores asked District Judge Alvin Hellerstein to release her from the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn to undergo cardiac treatment while awaiting trial under restrictive home confinement.
- Since her Jan. 3 capture in Caracas, Flores has suffered worsening health, with the defense claiming she lost more than 24 pounds and two teeth while sleeping only three to four hours each night in federal custody.
- Attorneys proposed 24 hours of armed surveillance, GPS monitoring, and cameras to address flight-risk concerns, while Flores reports symptoms including intense chest pressure lasting approximately 30 minutes on July 29 that eventually subsided without medication.
- Federal prosecutors oppose the release plan, leaving Flores in Brooklyn custody until Judge Hellerstein rules on the motion, which includes her consent to guards using force as a last resort to prevent escape.
- Maduro and Flores are scheduled to stand trial in Manhattan on June 1, 2027, on federal drug trafficking and weapons charges to which both defendants have pleaded not guilty.
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Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro, the wife of ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, has asked a US federal court in New York for bail before trial, citing worsening heart problems while in a federal detention center in Brooklyn. “She is a 69-year-old woman who will need sufficient time to recover from any intervention in an environment appropriate for the improvement of her health,” her defense lawyers said in a filing filed with the court on Wed…
Maduro’s wife seeks release from detention in the US
The wife of deposed former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, both of whom face drug trafficking charges in the US, has requested to be released from New York detention and placed under house arrest, citing heart problems.Before her capture by US forces in January, Cilia Flores “was in good health
Cilia Flores, the wife of ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, has asked to be released from detention in New York and placed under house arrest, citing heart problems.
Defense proposes 24-hour private security confinement to allow recovery from recommended cardiac surgery
The former first lady of Venice, Cilia Flores de Maduro (69), asked to be released from prison, invoking health reasons. Her lawyers asked, on Thursday, the court to allow Flores to wait for the trial in custody at home in Manhattan.
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