Cilia Flores

Cilia Gavidia Flores de Maduro (born 15 October 1956) is a Venezuelan lawyer and politician. She is married to the President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro. In 2013, she became the First Lady. In 2015, she became a deputy in the National Assembly of Venezuela. She was president from 2006 to 2011, for her home state of Cojedes.

On 3 January 2026, during the United States strikes in Venezuela, U.S. president Donald Trump said that Flores and Maduro had been captured by the United States. Venezuelan vice president Delcy Rodríguez confirmed that both are missing. They were taken to New York where they both face narco-terrorism charges.

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