Maduro Pleads Not Guilty After U.S. Forces Capture Leader in Caracas

Nicolás Maduro pleaded not guilty to narco-terrorism charges in a Manhattan court after Delta Force captured the former Venezuelan leader during Operation Absolute Resolve.The U.S. military transported Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, from Caracas to New York via Guantanamo Bay following their arrest on January 3, 2026.President Donald Trump cited a modernized Monroe Doctrine for the intervention as prosecutors prepared testimony from former general Hugo Armando Carvajal Barrios.