Overview
- U.S. agents moved Nicolás Maduro from Caracas to New York on January 3, landing at Stewart Air National Guard Base before his transfer to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
- Images and videos circulated show him escorted by DEA and FBI personnel, though authorities have not formally authenticated the materials or detailed the custody timeline.
- He is being held at the Bureau of Prisons’ MDC in Sunset Park, a pretrial facility long criticized for inadequate staffing, violence, infrastructure failures and restrictive SHU conditions.
- Reports indicate his wife, Cilia Flores, was transported with him and is also in federal custody pending proceedings.
- A newly public superseding indictment in the Southern District of New York details narcoterrorism, cocaine‑importation and weapons charges, with an initial court appearance expected early this week.