"U.S. President Donald Trump, in an early morning social media post, announced Maduro's capture. Venezuela's vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, later announced that the whereabouts of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, remained unknown. Trump's attorney general, Pam Bondi, said Maduro and Flores, would face charges after an indictment in New York. Maduro's fall was the culmination of months of stepped-up U.S. pressure on various fronts."
"Maduro's political career began 40 years ago. In 1986, he traveled to Cuba to receive a year of ideological instruction, his only formal education after high school. Upon his return, he worked as a bus driver for the Caracas subway system, where he quickly became a union leader. Venezuela's intelligence agencies in the 1990s identified him as a leftist radical with close ties to the Cuban government."
"Maduro eventually left his driver job and joined the political movement that Chávez organized after receiving a presidential pardon in 1994 for leading a failed and bloody military coup years earlier. After Chávez took office, the former youth baseball player rose through the ranks of the ruling party, spending his first six years as a lawmaker before becoming president of the National Assembly."
U.S. President Donald Trump announced Nicolás Maduro's capture while Venezuela's vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, said Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were unlocated. Attorney General Pam Bondi stated Maduro and Flores would face charges following a New York indictment. Maduro's downfall followed months of intensified U.S. pressure. Maduro spent his final months stoking fears of a U.S. attack and portrayed the United States as Venezuela's primary threat, blaming both Democratic and Republican administrations. Maduro's political rise began four decades ago after ideological training in Cuba, union leadership, and advancement through Hugo Chávez's movement into top government roles.
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