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Families sue Maduro over extrajudicial killings
Venezuela's former President Nicolás Maduro faces a civil lawsuit in the U.S. alleging he oversaw a police unit responsible for extrajudicial killings and torture between 2017 and 2021. The families of six victims accuse Maduro of creating and commanding Venezuela's Special Action Forces (FAES), which allegedly carried out widespread human rights abuses. The lawsuit seeks damages under the Torture Victim Protection Act, while Maduro is also awaiting trial on federal drug trafficking and weapons charges.
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