Captured Venezuelan leader Maduro in New York

纽约擒获委内瑞拉领导人马杜罗

Global News Podcast

2026-01-04

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Nicolas Maduro has arrived at a detention centre in Brooklyn, New York where he will be held ahead of an expected first court appearance on Monday. Live TV showed Mr Maduro being led away in a hooded jacket and handcuffs by US agents after the plane transporting the captured Venezuelan president and his wife arrived at an air base north of the city. In 2020, Mr Maduro was charged in absentia over alleged drug and weapons offences. He has always maintained that the accusations are a pretext for regime change and denied links to drug trafficking. The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk
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  • This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Charlotte Gallagher and in the early hours of the 4th of January, these are our main stories.

  • Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has arrived in New York where he's facing drug charges after being captured by US troops.

  • President Trump has said his administration intends to run Venezuela until a transition can be achieved.

  • Also in this podcast, how does it all feel inside Venezuela?

  • There's always this fear after things like this happen that we will start seeing anarchy taking place.

  • There are lots of armed people that have been given weapons.

  • We'll hear from a woman in the capital, Caracas.

  • The Venezuelan leader,

  • Nicolas Maduro and his wife are now in the US after their capture by American special forces in Caracas.

  • Several dozen people who appeared to be law enforcement officers led a figure dressed in grey from a plane across the tarmac of New York's Stuart Air National Guard Base.

  • Earlier,

  • Donald Trump had posted a picture which showed Nicholas Maduro after being captured by the US.

  • He was wearing a grey tracksuit, his hands tied, his eyes blindfolded.

  • Among the journalists watching his arrival in New York was our correspondent, Neda Taufik.

  • Despite the extraordinary circumstances of all of this,

  • he will be treated just as any other criminal defendant of high profile has been treated in New York.

  • He will be taken by law enforcement to be processed and booked.

  • to be fingerprinted to have his mug shot taken to finally then go to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.

  • There he and his wife are expected to be put into a special part of the jail away from the regular population.