US EditionDeposed Venezuelan Leader Maduro Arrives in New York
Maduro faces indictments for enabling violent narco-terrorism and cocaine trafficking to the U.S., following his capture in a U.S. military operation, Justice Department says.
- On Saturday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro arrived in New York and was brought to the Metropolitan Detention Centre, Brooklyn, New York, to face federal narco-terrorism charges alongside Cilia Flores, his wife.
- US officials say the capture followed months of planning under Operation Absolute Resolve, which combined strikes on suspected drug vessels and joint intelligence and law enforcement action.
- A released video shows Maduro handcuffed and escorted into the Drug Enforcement Administration facility in Manhattan after a white Boeing 757 landed at Stewart Air National Guard Base, New Windsor, New York, and he was driven to the Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn later that evening.
- Amid the capture, Venezuela's Supreme Court ordered Vice President Delcy Rodríguez to assume presidential duties, while US President Donald Trump said the US would 'run' Venezuela temporarily and international reactions divided between UN concern and Russia's call for clarification.
- Maduro is expected to be arraigned on Monday or Tuesday and may seek a speedy trial within 70 days, though lawyers could raise jurisdictional arguments like in the Noriega case.
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Rubio: There’s Not a War in Venezuela, Maduro’s Capture Was a ‘Law Enforcement Function’
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