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Cilia Flores, wife of ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, seeks release from US jail

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Covered by 6 outlets. No center outlet that Mantle follows has covered it yet.

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Cilia Flores, the wife of ousted Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, asked a federal judge in New York to move her from jail to house arrest, citing heart problems and weight loss, her lawyers said. Both Flores, 69, and Maduro have pleaded not guilty to charges including conspiracy to import cocaine, and both have been held in New York since US forces seized them from their Caracas home in January. Prosecutors argued that releasing her would pose an extreme risk of flight and danger to the public, and said she had refused recommended diagnostic tests unless released. The Epoch Times reported that Judge Alvin Hellerstein denied the request on October 8, finding she presented a serious flight risk and a danger to the community, but allowed her to renew the motion if her medical conditions worsen.

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What happened

Key points

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  1. Cilia Flores, wife of ousted Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, is held in a New York jail awaiting trial on drug-trafficking and related charges.

    Across the spectrumReported byLeft3Right1Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Business Insider, ABC News, The Guardian
    Right
    New York Post
    Far Right
    The Epoch Times

  2. Flores’s lawyers say she has lost two teeth and about 25 pounds in jail and that a heart condition has worsened.

    Across the spectrumReported byLeft3Right1Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Business Insider, ABC News, The Guardian
    Right
    New York Post
    Far Right
    The Daily Wire

  3. Flores’s lawyers asked a federal judge to move her from jail to house arrest or home detention for medical care.

    Across the spectrumReported byLeft3Right1Far Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Business Insider, ABC News, The Guardian
    Right
    New York Post
    Far Right
    The Daily Wire, The Epoch Times

  4. Prosecutors say Flores refused doctor-recommended diagnostic tests unless she is released.

    One outletBusiness Insider· Left

  5. Prosecutors argued that releasing Flores would pose an extreme risk of flight and danger to the public.

    One outletThe Daily Wire· Far Right

  6. Judge Alvin Hellerstein denied Flores’s request on October 8, citing a serious flight risk and danger to the community, but allowed her to renew it if her medical conditions worsen.

    One side only: the rightReported byFar Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Right
    The Daily Wire, The Epoch Times

What is contested

Where accounts differ

Points the coverage does not agree on, and who says what.

  • Whether Flores’s medical condition requires release from jail to house arrest.

    Her lawyers say her heart condition has worsened and that she cannot be treated effectively in jail. Prosecutors say she has refused recommended diagnostic tests unless released and has created the medical hardship she relies on. Judge Hellerstein denied release, but allowed renewal if her conditions worsen.

  • Whether Flores is a flight risk or a danger to the community.

    Prosecutors argued that she poses an extreme risk of flight and danger to the public. Judge Hellerstein found she presents a serious flight risk and a danger to the community. Her lawyers proposed home detention with monitoring and 24-hour armed surveillance paid for by the defense, which the court said the law did not allow.

How each side tells it

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  • the left

    3 outlets

    The left-side headlines, including Business Insider’s and the AP wire story run by ABC News and the Guardian, center Flores’s bid for release and her declining health, with Business Insider leading on her lost teeth and weight, and the wire-based headlines written before the judge’s ruling.

    She's lost 2 teeth and 25 pounds. Now Nicolás Maduro's wife says she should get out of jail for a heart procedure.
    Business InsiderLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    No coverage yet

    No center outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

  • the right

    3 outlets

    The right-side headlines lead with the outcome: the Daily Wire headline pairs the teeth and weight claims with the denial of release, the Epoch Times headline reports the judge’s denial directly, and the New York Post ran the AP report under the same headline as ABC News, so its only coverage is that wire report. The Daily Wire, rated Far Right, places the health claims beside the denial in a way the mainstream outlets on the left do not.

    Judge Denies Bid by Nicolás Maduro’s Wife Cilia Flores for Home Confinement
    The Epoch TimesFar RightAll right-leaning headlines

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Side by side

What each side leads with and what it leaves out. Open a side to read its headlines.

From the left

3 outlets

Leads with

  • Flores’s health decline and medical needs
  • her lawyers’ request for house arrest
  • prosecutors’ claim that she wants special treatment

Leaves out

  • the judge’s October 8 denial of release
  • the judge’s finding of serious flight risk and danger
  • the prosecutors’ flight-risk argument as stated in the supplied excerpts

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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  • The GuardianLeftAssociated Press report

    Nicolás Maduro’s wife to appear in court to push for release from New York jail

    Lawyers for Cilia Flores, wife of the ousted Venezuelan president, to urge judge to put her under house arrest The wife of ousted Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro was set to be back in court Thursday, where her lawyers will urge a judge to free her from jail and put her under …

    Read at The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
  • ABC NewsLeftAssociated Press report

    Wife of ex-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro seeks release from US jail

    The wife of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was set to be back in court Thursday, where her lawyers will urge a judge to free her from jail and put her under house arrest because she has heart problems

    Read at ABC News (opens in a new tab)

    Also published by New York Post. It counts once.

  • Business InsiderLeft

    She's lost 2 teeth and 25 pounds. Now Nicolás Maduro's wife says she should get out of jail for a heart procedure.

    Ousted Venezuelan first lady Cilia Flores wants to move from jail to house arrest for medical care. Prosecutors say she wants special treatment.

    Read at Business Insider (opens in a new tab)

From the center

0 outlets

No center outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

From the right

3 outlets

Leads with

  • the judge’s denial of release and reasons for it
  • flight risk and danger findings
  • the charges, including conspiracy to commit torture
  • the claimed weight loss and lost teeth

Leaves out

  • the prosecutors’ claim that Flores refused recommended tests unless released
  • the Guardian’s account of permanent scarring from the US military action

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

  • Left

    First to report

    Business Insider, Oct 7, 1:27 PM EDT

  • Center

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

  • Right

    12 hr 36 min later

    Its first report, Oct 8, 2:03 AM EDT

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  1. Business InsiderLeftOct 7, 1:27 PM EDT
  2. ABC NewsLeftOct 8, 2:02 AM EDT
  3. New York PostRightOct 8, 2:03 AM EDT
  4. The GuardianLeftOct 8, 7:46 AM EDT
  5. The Daily WireFar RightOct 8, 1:39 PM EDT
  6. The Epoch TimesFar RightOct 9, 12:21 PM EDT

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