Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is being escorted to a court in New York to face drug-related charges, while the United Nations is expected to discuss the legality of the special operation launched by US President Donald Trump to arrest him.
On January 3, US special forces used helicopters to land in Caracas, breaking the security belt protecting Mr. Maduro and arresting him and his wife right in front of a safe shelter, taking them to New York, USA.
Mr. Maduro and his wife, Ms. Cilia Flores, were escorted by armed personnel from a detention center in Brooklyn at about 7 am (local time) on January 5, boarded a helicopter and were taken to a federal court in Manhattan to attend a hearing scheduled to take place at noon.
According to the indictment, Mr. Maduro is accused of operating a cocaine trafficking network, cooperating with violent criminal organizations such as the Sinaloa and Zetas gangs of Mexico, the FARC insurgents of Colombia and the Tren de Aragua gang of Venezuela.
Mr. Maduro, 63, has long rejected the above accusations, saying that this is just an excuse to cover up "imperial" calculations aimed at Venezuela's oil resources.
