NEW YORK/CARACAS (Reuters) - Two of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's relatives have been indicted in the United States for cocaine smuggling, according to court papers on Thursday, following an international sting that Venezuela cast as an "imperialist" attack.
Franqui Francisco Flores de Freitas, 30, and Efrain Antonio Campo Flores, 29 - who are nephews of Maduro's wife and first lady Cilia Flores - were charged in a one-count indictment filed in federal court in Manhattan.
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