Venezuela, Maduro
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President Donald Trump's raid that captured Nicolás Maduro has opened questions about how far the president’s “America First” movement is willing to go with him.
US officials tracked Hugo Carvajal for two decades. Now in prison, he could testify about Maduro's alleged role in US-bound cocaine shipments.
Nicolas Maduro served as president of Venezuela for more than 10 years before he was ousted over the weekend in a United States military operation that captured and brought him to the U.S. to face narco-terrorism charges.
Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife appeared before a judge in New York to face charges related to drug trafficking after the U.S. military attack on Venezuela.
The U.S. seized Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores in a military operation Saturday, removing them both from their home on a military base in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas. Hours later, Trump said the U.S. would “run” Venezuela and expressed skepticism that Machado could ever be its leader.
Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were arraigned Monday on drug trafficking charges, days after U.S. forces seized them from their Caracas home. Both pleaded not guilty.
Security forces have boarded buses, searched phones and interrogated people, looking for evidence that they welcomed the capture of Nicolás Maduro.
In a dramatic scene inside a New York court room two hours earlier, Maduro had insisted he was still president of Venezuela as he pleaded not guilty to four charges of drug trafficking and terrorism.
A federal jail with a documented history of power outages, staffing shortages and detainee complaints just got two more high-profile detainees.
Secretary Marco Rubio defends President Donald Trump's Venezuela plan amid Democratic criticism, outlining three-phase strategy for post-Maduro transition including oil control.