Maduro appeared blindfolded, wearing soundproof headphones, handcuffed, clasping a plastic bottle of water, wearing a Nike sweatsuit and standing aboard the US Navy’s Iwo Jima on his way to New York where he will be prosecuted on narco-terrorism charges.

The politician and his wife were taken overnight following the United States' launch of military strikes to dismantle Maduro's regime in Venezuela

U.S. forces have transferred captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to a military vessel, according to an image shared by President Donald Trump. Sources confirm Maduro is en route to the United States to face federal narco-terrorism charges.

President Donald Trump shares a stunning image of captured Venezuelan leader Maduro aboard a US Navy ship, revealing details of a military operation in Caracas.

After months of planning, US forces, with 150 jets taking off from 20 airbases, took on an operation to abduct Maduro.

US President Donald Trump posts a photo of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in custody on a US naval ship and wearing both a blindfold and handcuffs. “Nicolas Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima,” Trump writes on his Truth Social platform, along with a picture showing Maduro hours after he was snatched by US forces.

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Dec. 29, 2025, based on Navy and public data. In cases in which a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations,