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  "id": 12715078,
  "title": "Venezuela’s Maduro to face new US charges over alleged torture of Americans, official says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/venezuelas-maduro-to-face-new-us-charges-over-alleged-torture-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T20:58:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3370104/venezuelas-maduro-face-new-us-charges-over-alleged-torture-americans-official-says"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are expected to face new criminal charges in the US over the alleged torture of Americans held in the South American country, a US official said on Wednesday. The new charges could come as soon as Thursday, according to the official, who was briefed on the investigation. Maduro and Flores were captured by the US military from…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Maduro expected to face new charges of torture of Americans in Venezuelan prisons",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/maduro-expected-to-face-new-charges-of-torture-of-americans-in",
        "published": "2026-10-07T21:21:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Venezuela's Maduro to face new US charges over alleged torture of Americans, says official",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/venezuelas-maduro-to-face-new-us-charges-over-alleged-torture-of-12726448",
        "published": "2026-10-07T22:32:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro expected to face more charges this week",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/former-venezuelan-president-nicolas-maduro-expected-to-face-more",
        "published": "2026-10-07T22:50:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}