Posted on 01/03/2026 2:29:45 PM PST by DFG
Captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has arrived in the United States after being seized from his Caracas compound by US Army Delta Force soldiers.
A white FBI Boeing 757 landed at Stewart Air National Guard Base in upstate New York after 4:30pm Saturday afternoon.
Cops subsequently boarded the plane to take Maduro into custody.
Hours earlier, footage emerged that is believed to show him being frog-marched onto a separate plane in Puerto Rico.
That video is unverified and appears to show Maduro and his wife Cilia being taken onto a different plane.
The pair are believed to have had one stop in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, which may explain the change in aircraft type.
US troops captured the Venezuelan President and his wife Cilia Flores in Caracas Friday night before transporting them to New York City on drug trafficking charges.
As the shock abduction ordered by Donald Trump sends shockwaves around the world, Puerto Rican broadcaster NotiCentro has shared video allegedly showing Maduro and Flores being escorted onto a US military plane in Aguadilla.
Shot from several hundred yards away, the footage follows a huddle of people boarding a plane on the runway at Ramey Base, a former US Air Force strip at Rafael Hernandez International Airport.
The mayor of Aguadilla, Julio Roldan, also wrote on social media that the Venezuelan dictator had been 'transferred' through the city, which is located on the north-western coast of Puerto Rico, around 600 miles north of Caracas.
'Aguadilla was the first American jurisdiction where they transferred the detainee Nicolás Maduro,' Roldan said Saturday.
'An additional sample of geopolitical value Aguadilla has for our common defense.'
After his capture by the US Army's elite Delta Force unit, Maduro and his wife were flown by helicopter to the USS Iwo Jima warship.
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Nicolás Maduro disembarks from the aircraft at Stewart International Airport in New York
https://rumble.com/v73u2n2-nicols-maduro-from-the-aircraft-at-stewart-international-airport-in-new-yor.html
Andy Ngo
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Did you know the Maduro regime hosts international Antifa conferences in Venezuela where American and other Western leftists are invited as guests? Maduro himself was the featured keynote at the last Antifa conference in January 2025.
Looked like he had a hood on his head.
Dinner date with Chris Van Hollen?
“Looked like he had a hood on his head.”
It looked that way to me as well. A few weeks back Maduro was specifically warned by Trump that he should leave the country.
Now I worry. I recently again watched Die Hard 2.
Fans: Sing for us.
Maduro: One “Imagine” and then I have to go. Busy today. Thanks for coming out.
So...
What happens when what’s left of Maduro’s secret police sets off a large truck bomb in the middle of a marketplace, and takes credit as “the Venezuelan People’s Anti-Imperialist Front” ?
So how much crap was he getting from his wife during the whole trip? That would be worth watching.
Liberal judge starts to interfere in 3...2...1...
Gotta already be boots on the ground — CIA and maybe Army SF detachments for civil affairs. Root out the Cubans, Chinese, Rooskies, & Iranians and keep the Venezuelan armed forces in garrison. Next, MPs, Army Corps of Engineers, SeaBees, and oil companies to begin fixing the fields & refineries. Will need to bring in planeloads & shiploads of food for the citizenry. Then, State Dept. weenies. Big, expensive operation.
“Communists swarm NYC to rally, recruit—demand release of Maduro”
https://thepostmillennial.com/communists-swarm-nyc-to-rally-recruit-demand-release-of-maduro
“Communists and leftist activists gathered in New York City to recruit others and demand the release of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro following his capture by the US military and transfer to the United States to face narco-terrorism charges.
Crowds were seen in Times Square holding signs that read “Release Maduro” and images of Maduro alongside the phrase “Stand with the Bolivian Revolution.” One protester who addressed the crowd accused the United States of having “kidnapped” Maduro and claimed the conflict was motivated by US efforts to gain control of Venezuela’s oil reserves.”
Let him shovel snow
Didn’t Trump say that even 2-3 days ago they were giving him a chance to bug out? The guy is a moron.
Gee, now NY has two commie leaders in it.
Why New York of all places?
Is he going to be tried by a New York jury as well?
Trump warnings to me were sort of spooky. The kind someone gives when decisions have already been made and the recipient’s fate is sealed.
Aircraft carriers surrounding the guy? Boats blown out of the ocean? A lot of effort and cost was spent to give Maduro a heads up and he chose poorly.
New York... How long before a lefty judge orders the admin to release him...
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