LIVE: Outside court as Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro returns to face torture allegations
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Associated Press
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAzmtcmoyY4
Nicolás Maduro is detained in New York City.AP News
He and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured by U.S. forces in a nighttime raid on their residence in Caracas on January 3, 2026 (as part of Operation Absolute Resolve). They were extracted (via USS Iwo Jima and other assets), flown to the U.S., and have been held since then at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn — a federal facility known for holding high-profile defendants.NBC News
They face federal charges in Manhattan (Southern District of New York), originally centered on narco-terrorism/drug trafficking conspiracy and related offenses. A superseding indictment unsealed around October 8, 2026, added conspiracy-to-commit-torture charges, alleging they oversaw a system of beatings, electric shocks, asphyxiation, and other abuses against opponents (including some Americans).The Independent
The Associated Press YouTube live stream you linked (“Outside court as Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro returns to face torture allegations”) is covering today’s (October 15, 2026) court appearance in New York, where they are expected to be arraigned/plead on the new torture counts. It is not a Venezuelan court proceeding; they remain in U.S. custody pending trial (currently scheduled around June 2027)