"UN Chief Antonio Guterres raised concerns about instability in Venezuela and the legality of Trump's strike, the most dramatic US intervention in Latin America since the 1989 Panama invasion. US Special Forces swooped into Caracas by helicopter on Saturday, shattered his security cordon and dragged him from the threshold of a safe room. On Monday morning, Maduro - his hands zip-tied - and his wife Cilia Flores were escorted by armed guards in tactical gear from a Brooklyn detention centre to a helicopter bound for Manhattan federal court. Maduro is accused of overseeing a cocaine-trafficking network that partnered with violent groups including Mexico's Sinaloa and Zetas cartels, Colombian FARC rebels and Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang."
"The remarks by Trump came on the eve of Maduro's scheduled appearance on Monday before a federal judge in New York. Maduro was detained during a military raid on Saturday in Caracas that drew international concern and plunged Venezuela into uncertainty. Trump administration officials have portrayed the seizure as a law-enforcement action to hold Maduro accountable for criminal charges filed in 2020 that accuse him of narco-terrorism conspiracy."
US Special Forces raided Caracas by helicopter, breached Maduro's security cordon and removed him from a safe room. Maduro and Cilia Flores were escorted from a Brooklyn detention centre to a helicopter bound for Manhattan federal court. Maduro faces 2020 charges accusing him of overseeing a cocaine-trafficking network tied to international violent groups. Maduro denies the allegations and calls them a mask for imperialist designs on Venezuelan oil. Venezuela issued an emergency order to arrest anyone who supported the US attack. Russia and China condemned the raid. The U.S. administration framed the seizure as law enforcement; the president warned of possible further military action if Venezuela did not cooperate.
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