Venezuela's toppled leader Nicolás Maduro is in a New York detention centre awaiting drug charges as a minister in Caracas says the Government still backs him.
A complex operation to bring Venezuelan President Nichols Maduro to the United States on Federal drug charges has wrapped up, with the leader now seen walking in chains.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro is now in a New York prison. Some of what happens next is predictable, but the extraordinary nature of the case makes much unclear.
Venezuela accuses the US of kidnapping its leader, who is set to face drugs charges in New York after an extraordinary strike on the capital, Caracas, which has drawn international condemnation.
President Donald Trump says US forces are ‘ready to go’, issuing a blunt warning, as another Government warns the Republican over ‘chaos’ that could follow.