"Nicolás Maduro will have already spent more than 24 hours in one of the toughest US 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 US 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 detained and housed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn after a surprise nighttime raid and transport that involved a US warship, a plane and a helicopter. They joined about 1,330 inmates and will appear in federal court in Lower Manhattan to face US charges that could carry life sentences. The Metropolitan Detention Center has faced years of criticism from judges, lawyers and watchdogs, with conditions described as "dreadful in many respects" and "dangerous, barbaric." Maduro previously lived within Fort Tiuna and presided from Miraflores Palace, a ceremonial presidential residence.
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