{"id":490938,"date":"2026-01-04T04:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T04:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/490938\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T04:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T04:04:11","slug":"solemn-faced-nicolas-maduro-sports-handcuffs-inside-nyc-dea-headquarters-as-he-arrives-in-us-to-face-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/490938\/","title":{"rendered":"Solemn-faced Nicol\u00e1s Maduro sports handcuffs inside NYC DEA headquarters as he arrives in US to face trial"},"content":{"rendered":"

A solemn-faced Nicol\u00e1s Maduro was seen for the first time since his caputue making a handcuffed perp walk inside New York City\u2019s\u00a0DEA headquarters \u2014 in which he oddly wished agents a \u201cHappy New Year,\u201d according to video and snaps.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The toppled Venezuelan tyrant sported black sweats and a black hat as he clutched a water bottle while being escorted through the Chelsea facility before being taken to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Maduro arrives at DEA\u2019s NYC HQ following his arrest in Venezuela.<\/p>\n

The ousted dictator \u2014 also seen in white socks and jail-issued flip-flops \u2014 can be heard saying \u201cGood Night, Happy New Year,\u201d to surrounding agents, according to a footage released by the White House in a post on X they labeled \u201cPerp walk.\u201d<\/p>\n

Follow The Post\u2019s live coverage of US strikes on Venezuela and the capture of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured from their home by US forces in a stunning overnight operation in Venezuela\u2019s capital of Caracas early Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

The couple were dragged out of the South American country, landing in the Big Apple Saturday night to face federal narco-terrorism charges and other offenses in the Southern District of New York.<\/p>\n

After touching down in New York City, they were processed at the drug enforcement agency\u2019s building before being taken by helicotpter past the Statue of Liberty to the Brooklyn lock up, where they were met with hundreds of revelers celebrating their capture.<\/p>\n

Image posted on President Donald Trump\u2019s Truth Social account on January 3, 2026, shows John Ratcliffe, Donald Trump, and Marco Rubio watching Nicol\u00e1s Maduro\u2019s capture unfold. Donald Trump\/ Truth Social<\/p>\n

Nicol\u00e1s Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima. Donald Trump\/ Truth Social<\/p>\n

A Department of Justice aircraft arrives with Venezuelan leader Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. AP<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s such a joy to see the dictator fall, but the regime hasn\u2019t fallen yet,\u201d Venezuelan national Ronny Chirinos, who relocated from Maracay to the city three years ago due to Maduro\u2019s regime, told The Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want everything to fall. That there is no one left.<\/p>\n

Others praised President Trump for the high-stakes military mission, as the boisterous crowd triumphantly applauded and chanted \u201cdown with the dictator,\u201d and \u201cdirty scumbag\u201d outside the lockup.<\/p>\n

Maduro and Flores are expected to appear in federal court as early as Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A solemn-faced Nicol\u00e1s Maduro was seen for the first time since his caputue making a handcuffed perp walk…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":490939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,51161,405,403,5226,5225,92550,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,221118,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-490938","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dea","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkcity","14":"tag-nicolas-maduro","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-us-capture-of-nicolas-maduro","23":"tag-us-news","24":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115834851440965029","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}