India, Jan. 6 -- A Venezuelan woman who was left disfigured when Venezuelan military forces threw boiling water on her at an anti-government protest in Caracas in 2021 has urged a Manhattan federal judge to lock up President Nicolas Maduro for as long as possible. The woman identified only as Carmen, saying she still has family in Venezuela and fears for their safety.

Carmen was among several other protesters who gathered outside court as Maduro pleaded not guilty to narco-terrorism charges. Maduro is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn, which housed infamous inmates like music stars R. Kelly and Sean 'Diddy' Combs.

Carmen said she immigrated to the United States from Caracas shortly after she was injured during ...