Overview
- U.S. forces captured Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores in a nighttime operation in Caracas and flew them to New York, where they were processed and transferred to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
- A newly public superseding indictment in the Southern District of New York reiterates narco‑terrorism and cocaine importation conspiracy counts and adds weapons charges tied to machineguns and destructive devices.
- Prosecutors named additional defendants, including Maduro’s son Nicolás Ernesto Maduro Guerra, while Flores faces overlapping counts detailed in the expanded filing before Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein.
- Initial proceedings in federal court are expected in the coming days, with U.S. officials praising the mission and stating no further military actions are anticipated following the capture.
- International scrutiny intensified as a UN Security Council meeting was scheduled for Monday and rights groups questioned the operation’s legality, while Venezuela’s high court ordered Vice President Delcy Rodríguez to assume the presidency.