"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 in Caracas, transported via U.S. military assets, and detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. They joined roughly 1,330 inmates and were expected to appear in court facing federal charges that could carry life sentences. The Brooklyn facility has long attracted criticism from judges, lawyers and watchdogs, with descriptions of conditions as "dreadful in many respects" and "dangerous, barbaric." Maduro previously lived inside a sprawling military complex called Fort Tiuna and carried out public duties from Miraflores Palace.
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