Overview
- U.S. authorities detained Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro early Saturday along with his wife, Cilia Flores, according to official accounts.
- Media reports say the pair were transferred to New York, processed at DEA facilities, and that Maduro was booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
- President Trump said the United States will temporarily govern Venezuela until a safe and orderly transition is arranged.
- The renewed meme wave drew on long-running lookalike jokes linking Maduro and TV Azteca anchor Javier Alatorre across platforms such as X and Instagram.
- Alatorre responded on X with the quip “El G-M. El gemelo malvado,” after entrepreneur Ricardo Salinas Pliego tagged him in a satirical post.