BREAKING: U.S. Hits Venezuela, Detains Maduro; Expected at MDC Brooklyn Near Boro Park

By BoroPark24 Staff

On January 3, 2026, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured during a U.S. military operation in Venezuela and transported to the United States for prosecution on federal drug and narco-terrorism charges. 

Maduro’s plane touched down in New York, and he was then expected to be transferred to the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn right, outside Boro Park, a federal facility known for housing high-profile inmates.

The operation, ordered by President Donald Trump, marked a dramatic and unprecedented U.S. intervention, involving air and special forces strikes that ousted Maduro’s control in Caracas.

U.S. authorities are pressing formal charges in the Southern District of New York, and Maduro’s initial court appearance was anticipated within days of his arrival. 

International reactions were swift — with both intense criticism from global leaders and debates within the U.S. about the legality of the raid. 

Locally in Brooklyn, security was reportedly heightened near MDC as federal authorities prepared for Maduro’s arrival and processing into the detention complex.