Venezuela’s Maduro arrives in New York after U.S. capture: reports

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DEA agents run extracurricular a helipad, earlier Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and his woman Cilia Flores get successful custody from a chopper earlier their scheduled tribunal quality astatine Manhattan national court, astatine the Westside Heliport successful New York City, U.S. connected January 3, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro landed successful ‌the United States connected Saturday (January 3, 2026), aggregate quality outlets reported, arriving successful upstate New York pursuing his capture successful an ⁠overnight U.S. operation.

Video showed a level arriving astatine ⁠Stewart International Airport astir 60 miles (97 km) northwest of ‌New York ‌City, with respective U.S. unit successful ‍FBI and different cogwheel boarding ‍the craft aft it landed. TV quality networks, including CNN, Fox News and MS Now, identified ⁠a idiosyncratic who disembarked from the level arsenic Mr. Maduro.

Mr. Maduro was seen surrounded by FBI agents arsenic helium descended the boarding stairs of a U.S. authorities level astatine a New York authorities National Guard facility, and was dilatory escorted on the tarmac.

The leftist person was expected to beryllium flown by chopper to New York City, wherever helium faces cause trafficking charges.

With Reuters, AFP inputs

Published - January 04, 2026 04:29 americium IST

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