Maduro's wife's lawyer said Flores was injured during the abduction.
Mark Donnelly, the lawyer for the wife of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, said that Celia Flores suffered serious injuries, including severe bruises on her ribs. This was reported on January 5 by CNN.
"He suggested that she might have a fracture or severe bruises on her ribs," the article says.
Maduro's lawyer Barry Pollack, in turn, said he expects large-scale and complex trials over Maduro's "military abduction." In addition, the lawyer said that "Maduro has some health and medical problems that will require attention."
Maduro has protested his innocence in court and said he is still the president of his country. The American court agreed to schedule a visit by consular officers to Venezuela. Several hundred people gathered in New York outside the Federal District Court of the Southern District in support of Maduro.
Maduro was taken to New York Federal Court for arraignment on the same day. The politician was taken to a helipad in Manhattan, from where he was moved to the first hearing in the drug trafficking case.
David Wikstrom became Maduro's appointed lawyer. The Venezuelan president himself hired lawyer Barry Pollack, who secured the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in 2024.
On January 3, US President Donald Trump announced that the United States had successfully launched a large-scale strike against Venezuela. He noted that the President of the republic, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife, Celia Flores, were captured and taken away from the territory of the state.
Russia's permanent representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzia, said on January 5 that Russia was calling on the United States to immediately release Maduro and his wife. According to him, any contradictions between the United States and Venezuela should be resolved through negotiations.
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