纽约，10月8日——被罢免的委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗的妻子西莉亚·弗洛雷斯预计将于周四在美国法院出庭，恳请联邦法官出于健康考虑允许她出狱，同时她还在等待明年举行的毒品走私相关审判。
NEW YORK, Oct 8 - Cilia Flores, the wife of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is expected to appear in a US court on Thursday to urge a federal judge to release her from jail for health reasons while she awaits her drug trafficking trial next year.
听证会定于美国东部时间上午10:30（格林尼治标准时间14:30）在曼哈顿的联邦法院举行。弗洛雷斯的律师们将请求联邦法官阿尔文·赫勒斯坦批准她的保释申请，以便她能够接受心脏手术，并在更舒适的环境中恢复健康。
At a hearing set to start at 10:30 a.m. EDT (1430 GMT) in Manhattan federal court, Flores' lawyers are expected to ask US District Judge Alvin Hellerstein to grant bail so their client can undergo a cardiac procedure and recover in a more comfortable environment.
律师们提议将她转移到纽约市某处设有24小时私人安保的住所，并表示她对社区不构成任何威胁。他们还称，美国已授权委内瑞拉政府支付弗洛雷斯和马杜罗的律师费用，相关费用将由委内瑞拉政府承担。
The lawyers proposed moving her to a residence in the New York City area with round-the-clock private security, and said she is not a danger to the community. The lawyers also said Venezuela's government, which the US authorized to pay Flores' and Maduro's legal fees, would cover the costs.
另外，一位美国官员周三告诉路透社，马杜罗和弗洛雷斯可能因涉嫌虐待被关押在委内瑞拉的美国人而面临新的刑事指控。该官员表示，这些指控可能会在周四公布。
Separately, a US official told Reuters on Wednesday that Maduro and Flores were expected to face new criminal charges over the alleged torture of Americans held in Venezuela. The charges could be announced as soon as Thursday, said the official, who had been briefed on the investigation.
69岁的弗洛雷斯和63岁的马杜罗于1月3日在加拉加斯的家中被美军逮捕，并被带到纽约接受起诉，罪名是滥用职权帮助毒品贩子运输可卡因。这次突然的突袭结束了马杜罗在石油资源丰富的委内瑞拉长达13年的统治；自马杜罗被罢免后，委内瑞拉在德尔西·罗德里格斯（马杜罗的前副总统）的领导下加强了与美国的合作。
Flores, 69, and Maduro, 63, were captured by the US military on January 3 in their Caracas home and brought to New York to face an indictment accusing them of abusing their positions of power to allow drug traffickers to ship cocaine. The surprise raid ended the socialist Maduro's 13 years in power in oil-rich Venezuela, which has since boosted cooperation with Washington under the leadership of Maduro's former Vice President Delcy Rodriguez.
弗洛雷斯和马杜罗对毒品走私指控表示不认罪，自被捕以来一直被关押在布鲁克林的大都会拘留中心。他们的审判定于2027年6月1日进行。曼哈顿联邦检察官办公室的检察官们反对释放弗洛雷斯。
Maduro and Flores pleaded not guilty to the drug charges and have been held at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center since their capture. Their trial is scheduled for June 1, 2027. Prosecutors in the Manhattan US Attorney's Office oppose Flores' release.
他们表示，弗洛雷斯在拘留中心得到了适当的医疗照顾；如果获释，她极有可能逃往国外，并对公众构成危险，还可能威胁到证人的人身安全。
They said Flores has received adequate medical care at the detention center, and if released poses an "extreme" risk of flight and danger to the public, including possible witness intimidation.
检察官还指出，其他法官也认为让某些刑事被告自行承担出狱后的监管费用是不公平的——因为那些经济条件较差的被告根本无力承担这些费用。
Prosecutors also said other judges have found it unfair to let some criminal defendants pay for their own out-of-jail supervision, because defendants of lesser means cannot afford it.
赫勒斯坦关于保释的决定不会影响弗洛雷斯的审判或最终的刑罚。如果她被定罪，她将面临至少40年的监禁。
Hellerstein's bail decision will not affect Flores' trial or potential punishment. If convicted, she faces a mandatory minimum 40-year sentence.
弗洛雷斯曾担任委内瑞拉的总检察长，并在成为第一夫人之前领导过该国国民议会。美国检察官指控她从一名大型贩毒分子那里收受了数十万美元的贿赂。
Flores was Venezuela's attorney general and led its National Assembly before becoming first lady. US prosecutors say she took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from a large drug trafficker.