Exclusive: U.S. preparing criminal indictment against wife of Venezuela's Maduro - sources


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  • Thursday, 28 May 2020

FILE PHOTO Venezuelas President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores greet supporters during his closing campaign rally in Caracas Venezuela May 17 2018. REUTERSCarlos JassoFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores greet supporters during his closing campaign rally in Caracas, Venezuela May 17, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso/File Photo

CARACAS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is preparing to charge the wife of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in coming months with crimes that could include drug trafficking and corruption, four people familiar with the case told Reuters.

If Washington goes ahead with an indictment of first lady Cilia Flores, these people said, the charges are expected to stem, at least in part, from a thwarted cocaine transaction that has already landed two of her nephews in a Florida penitentiary.

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