Cilia Flores (C), wife of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, talks to the media after a failed session of the National Assembly for lack of quorum in Caracas, January 12, 2016. REUTERS/Marco Bello
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two nephews of Venezuela's first lady accused of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States say they feared for their lives after being arrested at a Haiti hotel last year as they thought they were being kidnapped due to their political ties.
Franqui Francisco Flores de Freitas, 30, and Efrain Antonio Campo Flores, 29, made that claim in papers filed on Friday in Manhattan federal court as they sought the suppression of statements they made to U.S. authorities after their arrest.
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