Overview
- Maduro arrived in New York on Saturday and was placed in federal custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
- He is expected to appear in the Southern District of New York on Monday before Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein.
- A superseding indictment outlines narcoterrorism, conspiracy to import cocaine, and firearms offenses based on a DEA probe linking him to the Cartel de los Soles.
- MDC Brooklyn has been criticized for harsh conditions, with reports of staffing shortages, infrastructure failures, rodent infestations, and recent inmate deaths.
- High-profile detainees at the facility are often held in the Special Housing Unit with highly restricted movement and outside contact, and the case has drawn public comments from President Donald Trump.