Captured Venezuelan Leader Nicolas Maduro Lands in New York

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Newsweek

Published Jan 03, 2026 at 05:15 PM EST updated Jan 03, 2026 at 05:16 PM EST


A Department of Defense plane carrying Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro arrived in New York on Saturday evening.

Photos of the plane landing and Maduro departing the plane started to appear at around 5 p.m. ET. The plane landed at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, New York.

The U.S. military carried out strikes in Caracas overnight Friday and captured Maduro and his wife as they tried to enter a saferoom in their home, according to U.S. President Donald Trump.

Maduro, his wife, and his son have been formally indicted in the Southern District of New York, including charges of narco-terrorism conspiracy, according to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/captured-venezuelan-leader-nicolas-maduro-new-york-11303679

[GreenWave]

1. Stall Nicolas, delay, stall. Fight back, a felon president cannot judge you.

Watch out for Epstein's old cell.

[Aussie105]

2. Maduro won't pass the passport and visa checks.

Will he be deported to some foreign country?

[Javaman]

3. Here's my prediction

This can go one of several different ways, but one that is gnawing inside my brain is:

Some”Venezuelan national” will magically find a way to get close to Maduro and kill him. And the magic Venezuelan will be hailed a hero.

[C Moon]

7. Something like that will happen. I think you're right.

[ArizonaLib]

4. Trump's mugshot?

Is Trump going to have Maduro appear at the same location?

[BumRushDaShow]

5. 45 had a mugshot done in a state (county) court

and the one that was prominently shown was the one done in GA.

In NY, he just showed up at an arraignment (which was done in a federal courthouse despite
being a state case) and they used a standard/official photo of him - Why Trump didn't get a mugshot — and wasn't even technically arrested — at his arraignment

[ArizonaLib]

6. Gotcha! Thanks!