Posted by Samuel on Sun 04th Jan, 2026 - tori.ng
The footage shows Maduro surrounded by U.S. federal agents as he walks down the aircraft stairs under heavy security.
A close-up video making the rounds online appears to show Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro disembarking from a plane at Stewart Air National Guard Base in New York, following reports that he was captured by U.S. forces.
The footage shows Maduro surrounded by U.S. federal agents as he walks down the aircraft stairs under heavy security.
Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured during a surprise attack by special US forces on the Venezuelan capital, Caracas.
They were reportedly sleeping inside their residence at Caracas' high-security Ft Tiuna military compound during the pre-dawn raid.
On January 3, 2026, the United States launched an extraordinary military strike against Venezuela in what the Trump administration described as a decisive operation to apprehend Maduro and bring him to American soil.
President Donald Trump later announced via social media that Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, had been “captured and flown out of the country” following strikes across Caracas and other strategic sites.