2 weeks ago - As he gained power in Venezuela, Maduro participated in a corrupt and violent narco-terrorism conspiracy with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.

2 weeks ago - Before becoming president, the US government says, Maduro provided passports to drug traffickers and "facilitated diplomatic cover for planes used by money launderers to repatriate drug proceeds from Mexico to Venezuela".

3 hours ago - The incident began when Maduro tried to pick up an item that had been screened at a security checkpoint at the airport, and security personnel told Maduro that he was prohibited from doing so. Maduro later identified himself as a diplomat from the Venezuelan government, but officials still escorted him to a room to conduct secondary screening.

2 weeks ago - It says, for example, between 2006 and 2008 when he served as foreign minister, Maduro sold Venezuelan diplomatic passports to known drug traffickers "in order to assist traffickers seeking to move drug proceeds form Mexico to Venezuela under ...

2 weeks ago - She was defiant in her first televised appearance since the operation, expressing outrage over the U.S. capture of Maduro and his wife. Rodriguez called for their immediate release. And she said of the U.S., "What they did to Venezuela today, they can do to anyone.

2 weeks ago - The indictment alleged that while the foreign minister of Venezuela, Maduro was paid millions in drug proceeds in connection with a money-laundering scheme that was part of the narco-terrorism conspiracy. It further accused him of helping manage and then leading a Venezuelan drug-trafficking organization dubbed the Cartel of the Suns "as he gained power in Venezuela," and continuing to participate in cocaine trafficking during his presidency.

2 weeks ago - During a brief court appearance in New York, ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, each pleaded not guilty to narco-terrorism, drug trafficking and weapons charges. U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has used the criminal charges to justify Maduro's capture and removal to U.S. soil. Maduro has long denied any involvement in drug trafficking. Maduro's lawyer has predicted a complex legal fight over his "military abduction," and is expected to argue he is immune from prosecution as a sovereign head of state.

2 weeks ago - The United States' astonishing overnight raid to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro followed an intense monthslong pressure campaign, jump-started by a $50 million bounty put on Maduro's head in August.

2 weeks ago - 25 in Caracas, the country's capital, while holding the Venezuelan independence hero Simón Bolívar's Sword of Peru (Jesus Vargas/Getty Images) On Saturday, the U.S. announced it launched a "large-scale strike" in Venezuela and captured the oil-rich nation's president, Nicolás Maduro, along with his wife, Cilia Flores. The pair were "flown out of the country," U.S. President Donald Trump said on his Truth Social platform.

5 days ago - In fact, Maduro himself had offered Trump major concessions for US oil companies to return to Venezuela under favorable terms. Yet his offer came with a condition to stay in power. As the administration mounted an ever louder case labelling Maduro the head of a multinational “narco-terrorist” cartel, striking a deal with him became untenable. That opened the door to others in his milieu to make a move handing Trump not just oil concessions, but Maduro as well.

December 1, 2020 - On January 10, 2019, Nicolás Maduro illegally claimed the presidency of Venezuela, despite global condemnation of a rigged election. As he has done for years to retain power, Maduro manipulated the electoral process and timeline to his advantage; electoral irregularities included everything from intimidation and disenfranchisement of voters to improper tabulation of the results to outright bans on the participation of Venezuela’s most popular political parties and candidates.

An early-morning U.S. operation in Venezuela on January 3 led to the capture of the country’s leader, Nicolás Maduro. Two days later, Maduro appeared before a U.S. federal court in New York City, where he pleaded not guilty to drug, weapons, and narco-terrorism charges.

January 31, 2025 - Nicolás Maduro brazenly stole Venezuela’s 2024 presidential election, despite a free, fair, and transparent ballot count that showed a clear opposition victory.

2 weeks ago - Jan 3 (Reuters) - Nicolas Maduro ruled Venezuela with a heavy hand for more than 12 years, presiding over deep economic and social crises and resisting pressure from domestic opponents and foreign governments for political change.

2 weeks ago - Despite Trump’s statements that the US will decide the fate of the country, the Venezuelan military appears to be in control of the country and its military assets. On Saturday, the country’s supreme court ordered the vice-president, Delcy Rodríguez, to assume the role of acting president during Maduro’s “temporary absence”. Trump later said Rodríguez had offered her support to Washington, observing: “She really doesn’t have a choice.”

2 weeks ago - The measures included freezing all Venezuelan government assets in the U.S. and prohibiting American citizens and international partners from doing business with Venezuelan government entities, including the state-owned oil company. Out of options, Maduro began implementing a series of economic measures in 2021 that eventually ended Venezuela’s hyperinflation cycle. He paired the economic changes with concessions to the U.S.-backed political opposition with which it restarted negotiations for what many had hoped would be a free and democratic presidential election in 2024.

MOROS's son, member of Venezuela's ... ERNESTO MADURO · GUERRA, a/k/a "Nicolasito," a/k/a "The Prince," the defendant. This cycle of narcotics-based · corruption lines the pockets of Venezuelan officials and their families while also benefiting violent · narco-terrorists who operate with impunity on Venezuelan soil and who help produce, protect, ...

2 weeks ago - First things first: the stunningly audacious raid that extracted Nicolás Maduro and his wife from Venezuela is a genuinely history-making victory for Donald Trump. At a cost of zero American lives, the United States captured a singularly destructive force: a dictator whose record of criminality and misrule blighted millions of Venezuelan lives and destabilized politics in the entire Western hemisphere.