Nicolás Maduro’s wife looked grim and withdrawn in the first photos of her since her arrest alongside her husband by American special forces.
Venezuelan strongman Maduro flashed a thumbs up and a peace sign as he and Cilia Flores were escorted in handcuffs and under heavy guard at a helipad in New York City.
It was the first time Flores, who married Maduro in 2013, has been seen after her arrest alongside her husband by US Delta Force operators on Friday night.
Photos show Flores bundled in a green and yellow hooded sweatshirt, her hands clasped tightly in front of her chest as armed agents surrounded her on the tarmac.
She offered no gestures and no expression as she was moved through a secure area following her arrival.
Both Venezuelan leaders were flown to Stewart Air National Guard Base in Upstate New York, and then choppered into NYC.
From there, they were transported to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where they are set to face narco-terrorism charges.
The images capture a striking fall for a woman long viewed as one of the most influential — and controversial — figures inside Venezuela’s authoritarian system.
Prior to her marriage to Maduro, she was president of the National Assembly — and one of the key power brokers in the nation of 31 million people.
