Maduro’s wife seeks release from US jail, citing worsening heart condition

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 Nicolas Maduro, “deserves the opportunity to await her trial while on home confinement” while dealing with a heart condition that has only got worse since she has been in jail, her lawyers wrote in court papers filed on Wednesday.

The lawyers, Mark Donnelly and Andres Sanchez, asked a judge to allow her to leave a...