Nicolas Maduro's Wife Seeks Release From US Jail, Citing Heart Ailment

Venezuela's former first lady wants to be let out of jail while she and her husband await trial on US drug trafficking charges.Cilia Flores, the wife of ex-Venezuelan President Nicol s Maduro, "deserves the opportunity to await her trial while on home confinement" while dealing with a heart condition that has only gotten worse since she's been in jail, her lawyers wrote in court papers filed Wednesday.The lawyers, Mark Donnelly and Andres Sanchez, asked a judge to allow her to leave a Brooklyn federal jail for a home within the Manhattan federal court district where she and Maduro are scheduled to stand trial next June.There, the lawyers said, she will be under 24-hour-a-day armed surveillance and will only be allowed to see visitors approved by the court and federal prosecutors.