Overview
- The Justice Department has formally charged Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores in the Southern District of New York on narcoterrorism, cocaine importation, and weapons conspiracy counts.
- Trump’s Truth Social post is the sole source of the detention photo, which shows Maduro with covered eyes in grey Nike clothing holding a water bottle.
- Venezuelan authorities have not acknowledged any detention or validated the authenticity of the photograph.
- U.S. officials, including Pamela Bondi, say the accused will face proceedings in federal court as part of a strategy against transnational organized crime.
- Mexico and other Latin American governments urged restraint and rejected unilateral military intervention under international law.