Maduro’s wife seeks home detention as heart condition worsens in US custody

Her lawyers say Flores needs cardiac treatment and recovery facilities a detention centre cannot provide.Venezuela’s former first lady, Cilia Flores de Maduro, has asked a judge to release her from federal detention in the United States, citing a worsening heart condition.In an application for pre-trial release on Wednesday, her legal team asked for the court to allow Flores to await trial under home confinement in Manhattan.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Venezuela’s Maduro shares first photos from US detentionlist 2 of 3Venezuela’s Maduro asserts immunity in US court, urges dismissal of chargeslist 3 of 3Oil and politics: What Trump’s ‘historic’ deal means for Venezuelaend of listIt described her declining health since US military operation on January 3 that resulted in her abduction from Caracas and imprisonment in New York, as well as that of her husband, former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.“Prior to the United States’ military invasion of Venezuela, Ms. Flores de Maduro was physically healthy and took no ongoing medication, other than a monthly injection to help control her mitral valve prolapse,” the legal filing said.“Now she is prescribed four medicatio...