Overview
- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores were flown to Stewart Air National Guard Base after their capture in Caracas and are expected to be housed at the federal detention center in Brooklyn.
- A superseding Southern District of New York indictment accuses Maduro of conspiracy to commit narco-terrorism, cocaine importation and weapons offenses, with Attorney General Pam Bondi announcing the unsealing.
- U.S. officials told CBS News that Army Delta Force carried out the operation, with the detainees first moved to the USS Iwo Jima before transfer to the New York area.
- President Trump said the United States would run Venezuela on an interim basis and get oil production flowing, a stance that sharpened international condemnation and calls for restraint from governments including Cuba, Iran, Russia and EU leaders.
- Democratic lawmakers labeled the action unauthorized under the Constitution while several Republicans praised it, as Venezuelan diaspora communities celebrated with caution and Miami’s mayor urged reinstatement of Temporary Protected Status.