Overview
- Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were taken into federal custody in New York and are being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, according to multiple reports.
- Prosecutors cite a DEA investigation and a substitute indictment detailing narcoterrorism, conspiracy to import cocaine and offenses involving machine guns and destructive devices.
- Media reports indicate a first appearance in the Southern District of New York in Manhattan is expected on Monday.
- Images and video purporting to show Maduro under DEA escort circulated on social media, though U.S. authorities have not publicly authenticated the material.
- Lawyers and judges have criticized MDC Brooklyn for chronic staffing shortages, poor conditions and recent inmate violence, and the facility has housed high‑profile defendants including Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, Rafael Caro Quintero, Ghislaine Maxwell and Sean Combs.