Where is Nicolás Maduro being kept? Trump captures Venezuelan president and wife
In a remarkable series of events, the U.S. military has captured the Venezuelan leader and taken him and his wife out of the country to be indicted in the United States.
Donald Trump’s military forces have carried out what the US President has called “a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader”, with Nicolás Maduro being “captured” and “flown out of the Country”.
Sirens were heard in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, as what appear in footage to be US chinook helicopters fly overhead. Other footage captured shows huge explosions amid in the night sky.
The New York Times report that Maduro and his wife were take to the U.S.S. Iwo Jima in the Caribbean.
NEW: Trump says this morning on FOX - Maduro and his wife were taken to the USS Iwo Jima by helicopter. They are then headed to New York City where they are being indicted for narcoterrorism charges.
— Bryan Llenas (@BryanLlenas) January 3, 2026
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