Can Cilia Flores convince a New York judge to grant her bail?

Following a military raid that seized the presidential couple from their residence in Caracas, federal authorities transported Cilia Flores and her husband Nicolás Maduro to face high-stakes criminal charges in federal court in New York.

Her legal defense urged a federal judge to release her to private home detention for a cardiac procedure, arguing her health has deteriorated rapidly behind bars while her son emphasized, She has a very delicate heart condition.

Federal prosecutors firmly rejected release, warning she presents an extreme flight risk while they prepare torture charges alongside existing narcotics allegations that carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 40 years.