"Nicolás Maduro will have already spent more than 24 hours in one of the toughest U.S. jails when he appears in court Monday to face charges that could keep him behind bars for the rest of his life. The ousted Venezuelan president and his wife, Cilia Flores, joined the approximately 1,330 inmates at the notorious Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn on Saturday following a surprise night time raid and odyssey that included a U.S. warship, a plane and a helicopter."
"For years, the hulking concrete jail has drawn sharp criticism from judges, lawyers and watchdogs. In 2024, one judge bluntly dubbed the conditions at New York City's only federal jail as "dreadful in many respects." Another described them as "dangerous, barbaric." By all accounts, it's a world away from the rarefied public existence Maduro and Flores had been living. The palace In Caracas, Maduro lived inside a sprawling military complex called Fort Tiuna."
Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured by U.S. military forces in Caracas and brought to New York, where they have been detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. Maduro had spent more than 24 hours in the facility prior to an arraignment scheduled for Monday on federal charges that could carry life sentences, including alleged drug trafficking and collaboration with gangs designated as terrorist organizations. The couple joined roughly 1,330 inmates at the notorious concrete jail following a surprise nighttime raid and an odyssey involving a U.S. warship, a plane and a helicopter. Judges, lawyers and watchdogs have sharply criticized the jail; in 2024 one judge called the conditions "dreadful in many respects" and another called them "dangerous, barbaric." Maduro previously resided within a sprawling military complex called Fort Tiuna and conducted public affairs at Miraflores Palace.
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