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Sunday, January 4, 2026
White House shares ‘perp walk’ of Maduro in New York City after capture
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The White House shares on social media a video showing captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro being led in handcuffs by agents inside the headquarters of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in lower Manhattan, New York.
“Good night,” he appears to say to those off camera, adding “happy new year.”
The official account of the Trump administration simply captions the video “Perp walked.”
US President Donald Trump said yesterday that the United States will “run” Venezuela and tap its huge oil reserves after seizing Maduro during a bombing raid on Caracas.
Trump’s announcement came hours after a lightning pre-dawn attack in which special forces grabbed Maduro and his wife — while air strikes pounded sites in and around the capital city — then whisked him out of the country.
Perp walked.pic.twitter.com/34iIsFUDdG
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