Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is in New York City, faces narcoterrorism charges

委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗抵达纽约市,面临毒品恐怖主义指控

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2026-01-04

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is in a federal prison in Brooklyn, New York, awaiting trial on charges of narcoterrorism, cocaine-importation conspiracy and weapons charges. The operation to capture Maduro happened in the middle of the night as U.S. troops enjoyed the element of surprise. The U.S. says Maduro is not the legitimate president of Venezuela and accuse him of being the leader of a violent drug cartel. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • Good morning.

  • I'm Ayesha Roscoe and you're listening to a special episode of our Sunday programming.

  • We're bringing you the latest on the extraordinary developments from Venezuela.

  • President Nicolas Maduro is now in New York City after being captured by the U.S.

  • Stay with us.

  • The U.S.

  • operation to seize Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro took the world by surprise.

  • It happened in the dead of night by U.S.

  • troops.

  • We'll tell you how it all went down.

  • And now President Trump says the U.S.

  • is in charge.

  • So we are going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe,

  • proper, and judicious transition.

  • But what does U.S.

  • leadership in Venezuela look like?

  • Stay with us.

  • We have the news you need.

  • In just a few hours, the U.S.

  • captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday,