January 4, 2026
Maduro in New York detention center as Trump says US will ‘rule’ Venezuela
Venezuela’s US-backed opposition calls for change as Maduro’s arrest amid uncertainty A still picture shows Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro being led into custody down a corridor at the offices of the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in New York, U.S., January 3, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was in a New York jail hours after US special forces arrested him and flew him out of his country, which Donald Trump said would come under effective US control. The US president’s announcement followed a pre-dawn blitz in which commandos seized Maduro and his wife, while airstrikes hit locations in












