Venezuela live updates: Photos show handcuffed Maduro escorted by DEA administrator

The stunning announcement came a few hours after explosions rocked the Venezuelan capital Caracas.

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Photos show handcuffed Maduro escorted by DEA administrator

Photos obtained by ABC News show a handcuffed Nicolas Maduro being escorted by Drug Enforcement Administrator Terry Cole and other federal agents after landing in New York on Saturday.

Obtained by ABC News - PHOTO: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro is escorted by Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Terry Cole after arriving at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, New York, January 3, 2026.

After arriving at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, New York, Maduro was taken by helicopter to New York City and then to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.

Maduro, who was captured in Venezuela early Saturday morning along with his wife Cilia Flores, is facing federal narco-terrorism charges in the U.S.

_{Jan 3, 8:56 PM}

Maduro en route to Brooklyn detention center, his wife also in NY: Sources

Nicolas Maduro's wife Cilia Flores, is also in U.S. custody in New York, sources familiar with the matter said.

Olga Fedorova/EPA/Shutterstock - PHOTO: DEA agents are seen in front and inside of a van supposedly transporting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from the Westside Heliport in New York City, January 3, 2026.

Shortly before 9 p.m., Maduro was on his way to the Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn, where he will be held.

-ABC News' Aaron Katersky, Luke Barr and Katherine Faulders

_{Jan 3, 7:20 PM}

Photos appear to show Maduro being escorted from plane in New York

Photos and videos appeared to show Maduro being escorted by agents from a plane after it landed outside New York City.

WABC - PHOTO: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro is led in custody from a U.S. federal airplane before his scheduled court appearance at Manhattan federal court, at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, New York, January 3, 2026.

Maduro was expected to be flown into the city by helicopter and expected to be processed on federal charges and detained in a federal jail as he awaits trial.

Jeenah Moon/Reuters - PHOTO: One of the helicopters believed to be carrying Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores arrives after they were captured overnight in Venezuela by U.S. forces, at the Westside Heliport in New York City, January 3, 2026.

Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images - PHOTO: A motorcade carrying ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro leaves the Westside Heliport in New York, January 3, 2026.

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