Maduro's Wife Seeks Release From US Detention Citing Health Issues

Maduro's wife seeks release from detention, citing ill health

Cilia Flores' lawyer Mark Donnelly is requesting that she be placed under house arrest in the United States under restrictive conditions, arguing that her living conditions in detention do not allow her to receive proper medical care, citing heart problems.

Maduro trial: ex-Venezuela first lady seeks release from US jail, citing heart problems

Venezuela’s former first lady wants to be let out of jail while she and her husband await trial on US drug-trafficking charges. Cilia Flores, the wife of ex-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, “deserves the opportunity to await her trial while on home confinement” while dealing with a heart condition that has only got worse since she’s been in jail, her lawyers wrote in court papers filed on Wednesday. The lawyers, Mark Donnelly and Andres Sanchez, asked a judge to allow her to leave a Brook...

By Reuters

Ex-Venezuelan first lady Cilia Flores seeks release from jail, citing heart ailment

Ex-Venezuelan first lady Cilia Flores seeks release from jail, citing heart ailment

Maduro's wife Flores seeks release from US detention

The wife of Venezuela's deposed leader Nicolas Maduro, both of whom face drug trafficking charges in the United States, has requested to be released from New York detention and placed under house arrest, citing heart problems.

Nicolas Maduro's Wife Seeks Release From US Jail, Citing Heart Ailment

Cilia Flores, 69, and Maduro, 63, have been held at a Brooklyn jail since US forces seized them from their Caracas home in a middle-of-the-night raid in early January and brought them to New York City.