US invokes rarely used torture law in revamped case against Maduro

Straits Times21 October 2026, 10:01 UTCUnited States of America

NEW YORK, Oct 21 - Nicolas Maduro is one of just a handful of people to be charged in the US with violating a federal law criminalizing torture committed overseas, a Reuters review of court records found, as prosecutors seek to broaden their criminal case against the ousted Venezuelan president.

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