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Saturday, January 3, 2026
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Saturday, January 3, 2026
Trump shares photo of Maduro in handcuffs and blindfold aboard US naval ship
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This image posted on US President Donald Trump's Truth Social account shows what he says is Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro onboard the USS Iwo Jima after the US military captured him on January 3, 2026. (Handout/US President Donald Trump's Truth Social account/AFP)
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.
The Venezuelan leader has on what appeared to be noise-canceling ear muffs and gray Nike-branded sweatpants and a jacket.
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