Federal prosecutors are expected to bring additional charges against former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, according to CBS, a US media partner of the BBC.
The new charges reportedly accuse them of playing a role in the torture of Americans held in Venezuelan prisons. Maduro's attorney, Barry Pollack, told CBS he had not been notified of any additional charges.
Maduro and Flores were seized from their compound in Caracas on 3 January and brought to New York to face charges for alleged weapon and drug offences, which they deny. Flores is scheduled to appear in federal court for a bond hearing on Thursday in New York. The trial for both is set to begin in June 2027.
The US has previously accused Maduro of narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine-importation conspiracy, and possession of and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices. He and 14 others were first indicted in 2020.