U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the capture of wanted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro on Jan. 2 in a raid by U.S. forces in the country’s capital city of Caracas.
Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were brought to the United States and arraigned in federal court on charges of narco trafficking, to which they pleaded not guilty.
The United States has long considered Maduro an illegitimate leader due to alleged election tampering, human rights abuses, and drug trafficking.
The State Department offered a $15 million reward for information leading to the capture of Maduro in 2020, which was increased to $25 million under the Biden administration, and to $50 million in August 2025….
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