Maduro detained in New York City jail that's a 'far cry from anything luxurious'

"The ornate neoclassical facade of Venezuela's palm tree-lined Miraflores Palace - the seat of power held by Nicolás Maduro for more than a decade - is in stark contrast to where, now deposed, he is currently confined: a drab, warehouse-looking lockup in Brooklyn, New York, saddled with violence and complaints of poor sanitary conditions. Following Maduro's dramatic capture in a U.S. military raid over the weekend along with his wife, Cilia Flores, the Metropolitan Detention Center is expected to house the couple while they await trial on cocaine conspiracy charges."

"Maduro and his wife are sharing the towering complex - which holds over 1,300 men and women who may face charges in federal courts in New York City - with the likes of Luigi Mangione, who is charged in the Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in 2024, and Brooklyn rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez."

""It's a tough environment," former MDC Brooklyn warden Cameron Lindsay said of the facility, which is in the borough's industrial waterfront neighborhood of Sunset Park. "It's very stark and austere and is a far, far cry from anything luxurious. It is a very complicated, busy jail, and everything is dictated by policy, procedure and practice.""

The ornate Miraflores Palace contrasts sharply with where now-deposed Nicolás Maduro is confined: a drab, warehouse-like lockup in Brooklyn plagued by violence and poor sanitary conditions. Following his capture in a U.S. military raid with his wife, Cilia Flores, the Metropolitan Detention Center will hold the couple while they await trial on cocaine conspiracy charges. MDC Brooklyn houses over 1,300 detainees facing federal charges and has held high-profile defendants such as Luigi Mangione, Tekashi 6ix9ine (Daniel Hernandez) and former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández. Former warden Cameron Lindsay described the facility as stark, austere, and tightly governed by policy and procedure. The jail sits in Sunset Park's industrial waterfront neighborhood.

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