Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, touched down in New York City Saturday night after being captured by US forces in a daring overnight operation Saturday morning.
The pair — who landed at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Upstate Newburgh just before 5 p.m. — arrived via helicopter at a Lower Manhattan heliport just before 7 p.m. and were driven away in a van in a small motorcade.
Maduro and Flores will be taken to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, as they are set to face narco-terrorism charges in the Southern District of New York.
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The tyrant is expected in the federal court as early as Monday.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
