Venezuelan lawyer and politician was arrested with her husband this Saturday morning on charges of being part of an international narco-terrorism network
wife of the president of Venezuela, , . She is accused of being part of a narco-terrorism conspiracy with her husband by the United States and.
Who is Cilia Flores?
Cilia Flores is a Venezuelan lawyer and politician. Born on October 15, 1956, she is the youngest of six siblings. In 1989, after moving to Caracas, he participated in protests against rising fuel prices, which he called a “revolutionary call”. A supporter of Hugo Chávez, she offered legal defense after a failed coup attempt in 1992. It was during this period that she met Maduro. In 1997 he was part of the campaign that placed Chávez in the presidency. Flores began to occupy a seat in the National Assembly in 2000
Marriage with Maduro
Elected leader of the Assembly in 2007, she maintained a hard-line profile in the legislature. In 2012, she was appointed attorney general by Chávez and remained in the position until his death in 2013. Maduro, his then vice-president, won the following election and the couple made the election official in the same year. In her role as first lady, she gradually gained more influence in the Maduro regime.
Attack and arrest of Maduro
Trump confirmed this Saturday that the country’s forces “successfully carried out a large-scale attack against Venezuela and Maduro, who was, together with the first lady, Cilia Flores, captured and removed from the country”.
“The United States of America successfully carried out a large-scale attack against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolás Maduro, who was captured, along with his wife, and airlifted out of the country,” Trump said on his Truth Social network.
The announcement was made after a night of explosions in Caracas and states such as Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira. Local reports indicate attacks against strategic infrastructure, including Fort Tiuna (military complex where the Ministry of Defense is headquartered) and the La Carlota air base.
A said that the bombings of which occurred in several regions of the country, including the capital, affected civilians.
“Invading forces (…) desecrated our sacred ground in the towns of Fuerte Tiuna, Caracas, in the states of Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira, reaching, with their missiles and rockets fired from combat helicopters, urban areas with civilian populations,” said Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López.
The general stated that they are gathering “information regarding the injured and dead in the face of the vile and cowardly attack” by the United States.
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio said this Saturday that Nicolás Maduro was arrested by the United States and will face a criminal trial in the North American country.
Rubio also said that now that the Venezuelan leader has been captured, no further US military actions are expected in the South American country.
