Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores wave after his swearing-in ceremony for a third term at the National Assembly in Venezuela. (Photo: AP)Twenty-four-hour armed surveillance, recorded phone calls and video monitoring are among the conditions lawyers for Venezuela’s former first lady Cilia Flores have proposed if she is allowed to await trial under home confinement. Visitors would also need approval from prosecutors and the court.Flores, 69, would remain within the Manhattan federal court district under the proposed arrangement. She and her husband, former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, 63, are scheduled to stand trial next June.Mark Donnelly and Andres Sanchez, who represent Flores, said in court papers filed on Wednesday that she “deserves the opportunity to await her trial while on home confinement”, Reuters reported.Lawyers cite worsening heart conditionFlores is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn. Her lawyers say a longstanding heart condition has worsened while she has been in custody.Since her arrest, she has gone without an injection that her lawyers say she needs every month to manage mitral valve prolapse.Her treatment in custody includes baby aspirin, a statin and diltiazem, with nitroglycerine prescribed when needed for chest pain.The filing also says Flores has lost more than 11.3kg and two molars and continues to experience gastritis and reflux.Her lawyers said doctors have recommended cardiac catheterization, with further heart procedures possible afterwards. Donnelly and Sanchez said any such procedures would require adequate recovery time and a suitable setting.Flores, Maduro deny cocaine conspiracy chargesFlores and Maduro deny US charges accusing them of conspiring to send cocaine into the country and have entered not-guilty pleas.The couple are also seeking dismissal of the indictment. In a separate filing, they maintain that their positions as the leader and first lady of a foreign country give them immunity.An early-January US operation at their Caracas home ended with both being taken into custody. They were subsequently brought to New York.Lawyers acknowledge medical care in custodyDonnelly and Sanchez said jail staff had “been extremely respectful toward her and her husband” and that Flores “does not dispute that she has received excellent care from medical professionals” at the jail and hospital.They argued, however, that “a detention centre lacks the conditions needed for such a recovery”.Judge yet to rule on home-confinement requestFederal prosecutors have yet to respond to Flores’ application. The US attorney’s office in Manhattan declined to comment, while Judge Alvin K Hellerstein has not ruled on the request.