Nicolas Maduro capture major update as Venezuela's new leader blasts US

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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores are due to appear in federal Manhattan court on Monday

A court spokesperson said the hearing is scheduled for Noon local time (17:00 GMT), according to reports from CBS News.

A federal indictment charging Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, his wife and four other people with narco-terrorism conspiracy and other charges was unsealed and posted online by US Attorney General Pam Bondi on Saturday morning after the couple's dramatic capture.

On top of the narco-terrorism conspiracy charge, the indictment alleges four other criminal counts: cocaine importation conspiracy; possession of machine guns and destructive devices; and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices.

The pair are reportedly being held in the Metropolitan Detention Center, a federal facility in Brooklyn, New York.

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said yesterday he was given a briefing about the capture of Maduro and his wife "as well as their planned imprisonment in federal custody here in New York City".

President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were captured in a dramatic US military operation that saw at least 40 people killed, both civilians and military personel, a senior Venezuelan official has said.

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