Overview
- The photo, shared on Truth Social, depicts Maduro with eyes covered, wearing gray clothing and holding a water bottle.
- The Justice Department has formally charged Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in the Southern District of New York.
- Allegations include narcoterrorism, a cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and related weapons conspiracies.
- U.S. filings describe an alleged state-backed network facilitating cocaine shipments to the United States that prosecutors say threatened national security.
- Regional governments, including Mexico, called for caution and respect for sovereignty as independent confirmation of Maduro’s custody status remains pending.