{"id":2529314,"date":"2026-01-03T22:11:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T03:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maduro-arrives-at-notorious-detention-center-in-new-york-city-after-capture\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T22:12:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T03:12:36","slug":"maduro-arrives-at-notorious-detention-center-in-new-york-city-after-capture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maduro-arrives-at-notorious-detention-center-in-new-york-city-after-capture\/","title":{"rendered":"Maduro arrives at notorious detention center in New York City after capture"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmaduro-arrives-at-notorious-detention-center-in-new-york-city-after-capture%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2529314&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>former Venezuelan president Nicol\u00e1s Maduro was flown into New York and arrived at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn after being captured in a U.S. military operation. He was processed at the DEA office in Manhattan and taken to the detention center around 9 p.m.ET, after first touching U.S. soil at Stewart Air National Guard Base following a flight reportedly from Guantanamo Bay. His wife, cilia, was also taken into U.S. custody and will be booked alongside him.<\/p>\n<p>Maduro was briefly seen in dark clothing and in good spirits while passing media at the DEA office. He faces a new Department of Justice indictment alleging drug and weapons offenses, claiming he enabled violent &#8220;narco-terrorists&#8221; who traffic cocaine to the United States. He could be brought to trial as soon as Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The detention center where he will be held is known for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >housing high-profile defendants<\/a> and has been criticized by judges and lawmakers for its harsh conditions. U.S. officials say the operation, authorized by President Donald Trump, included strikes on Caracas, lasted under an hour, and resulted in injuries to unspecified U.S. service members but no reported U.S.fatalities. This is a developing story.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Maduro arrives at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/detention-centers-in-spotlight-as-italy-struggles-to-cope-with-migrant-crisis\/\" title=\"Italy&#039;s migrant crisis puts ...s in focus\">notorious detention center<\/a> in New York City after capture<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2462593\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former Venezuelan President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nicolas-maduro\">Nicolas Maduro<\/a>, who was captured early Saturday during a U.S. military operation, has arrived at the Metropolitan Detention Center in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\">New York City<\/a>, where he will soon be booked along with his wife, Cilia.<\/p>\n<p>Maduro was driven to the detention center in Brooklyn at around 9 p.m. Eastern time after being processed at the DEA office in Manhattan. He first touched U.S. soil at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Orange County, New York, where a U.S. plane reportedly carrying him from Guantanamo Bay landed four hours earlier.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4400940\/hegseth-trump-sets-terms-venezuela-future\/\">Hegseth says Trump &#8216;sets the terms&#8217; for the future of Venezuela<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4400877\/schumer-presses-republicans-critical-of-venezuela-attack-pull-back-military-powers\/\">Schumer presses Republicans critical of Venezuela attack to pull back White House military powers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4400878\/un-security-council-emergency-meeting-trump-venezuela-strikes\/\">UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting over Trump Venezuela strikes and Maduro capture<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Some of those stops provided the first glimpses of Maduro since his capture. After deboarding at the air base, he was seen in dark clothing surrounded by dozens of federal officers. Later at the DEA office, he briefly passed by the media inside, again seen in dark clothing and appearing in good spirits, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PaulDMauro\/status\/2007624542156660903\">telling<\/a> reporters &ldquo;Good night&rdquo; and &ldquo;Happy new year.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Metropolitan Detention Center where Maduro will now be booked is far from cheery, however. While known for holding high-profile defendants like Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried, and notorious drug lord Joaquin &ldquo;El Chapo&rdquo; Guzman, its conditions are grisly.<\/p>\n<p>Judges and lawmakers have previously sounded the alarm about the federal jail, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/01\/03\/maduro-detained-nyc-jail\">calling<\/a> it &ldquo;barbaric&rdquo; and &ldquo;inhumane.&rdquo; It recently caught lawmakers&rsquo; attention after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement began using it to detain migrants.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Maduro and his wife Cilia, who was also taken into U.S. custody, likely won&rsquo;t be detained there long, as Maduro is set to stand trial as early as Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Maduro is facing drug and weapons charges under a new indictment from the Department of Justice that mainly alleges he has been complicit in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maduro-arrives-in-new-york-city-after-capture\/\" title=\"... in New ... City after capture\">drug trafficking trade<\/a> by enabling &ldquo;violent narco-terrorists who operate with impunity on Venezuelan soil and who help produce, protect, and transport tons of cocaine to the United States.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The extraordinary move by U.S. officials to take Maduro and his wife into custody was part of a military operation authorized by President Donald Trump, a mission that also included several strikes on Caracas. The operation lasted under an hour and did not lead to any deaths of U.S. service members, though an unspecified number were injured.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/national-security\/4400669\/what-is-delta-force-military-unit-behind-the-venezuela-raid\/\">WHAT IS THE DELTA FORCE? 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