"After President Donald Trump's administration ordered a large-scale military strike in Venezuela, capturing its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores early Saturday morning, hundreds of New Yorkers immediately gathered in Times Square to denounce the action. The massive demonstration occurred just as Trump extradited the couple to the United States to be charged with narco-terrorism, cocaine trafficking and weapons offenses."
"Maduro is expected in Manhattan federal court on Monday, where he will face drugs and weapons charges. Tensions between the United States and Venezuela are not new. Separate from drug charges, in which Maduro allowed the cocaine trade throughout the world to continue without interference, former President Barack Obama in 2015 declared Maduro's administration a national security"
U.S. forces conducted a large-scale military strike in Venezuela, capturing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and extraditing them to the United States on narcoterrorism, cocaine trafficking, and weapons charges. Both had been charged since 2020 but were not previously in custody. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Times Square and other locations on Jan. 3 to protest the operation. Maduro and his wife are held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Sunset Park and Maduro is expected in Manhattan federal court. Tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela have a long history, including a 2015 White House designation of Maduro's administration as a national security threat.
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