00:00As this indictment alleges, Maduro, Flores and other high ranking members of their inner
00:06circle used a violent system of torture and repression to maintain their power in Venezuela.
00:15The indictment charges that Maduro, Flores and other Venezuelan leaders tried to silence
00:21political opposition through murder and threats to murder victims' families, electric shock,
00:30asphyxiation, starvation, so-called punishment cells, beatings and rape.
00:37The indictment lays this out in detail.
00:41It alleges conduct that is truly unthinkable.
00:46The members of Maduro's broad conspiracy were not just sitting behind a desk.
00:53These members of the conspiracy were holding the shovel.
00:56We allege that for more than two decades until their apprehension, Maduro and Flores, along
01:03with others, worked with Venezuelan law enforcement, military officials, and members of the judicial
01:09system to traffic drugs.
01:12And they partnered with designated foreign terrorist organizations like the FARC, ELN, TDA, and
01:21the Sinaloa cartel to move massive amounts of drugs into the United States.
01:28We allege they used weapons like machine guns and other destructive devices to do this.
01:34Some members of the conspiracy have already pled guilty.
01:38Today, we add Flores to the narcoterrorism charge, and we add the torture charge I just described
01:47against both Maduro and Flores.
01:50This is the epitome of corruption.
01:54To Venezuelans and Americans who have suffered as a result of this alleged conspiracy, we see
02:00you.
02:01We will stop at nothing to vindicate the victims of violent crime, particularly American victims
02:08subjected to horrific treatment abroad.
