Overview
- Attorney General Pamela Bondi said Maduro faces narco‑terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, and machine‑gun and destructive‑device offenses, with Flores charged on multiple counts.
- Prosecutors filed a superseding SDNY indictment that adds new defendants, including Cilia Flores, Nicolás Ernesto Maduro Guerra, Diosdado Cabello, Ramón Rodríguez Chacín, and Héctor “Niño Guerrero.”
- President Donald Trump described a large‑scale military operation in Caracas that seized Maduro and Flores, who were flown to a U.S. naval vessel and are being transported toward New York.
- The indictment alleges alliances with the FARC, ELN, Sinaloa and Los Zetas to move tons of cocaine to the United States over decades, with potential penalties ranging from decades in prison to life.
- U.S. congressional advisers said oversight committees were not notified before the operation, prompting questions about advance consultation and legal authorities.