Ousted Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro arrives in NYC by helicopter hours after capture by US

"Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, touched down in New York City Saturday night after being captured by US forces - and were greeted by jeers of "Down with the dictator." The pair - who landed at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Upstate Newburgh around 5 p.m. - arrived via helicopter at a Manhattan heliport just before 7 p.m. and were hauled away in a heavily armed tactical vehicle called a "Bearcat" surrounded by a small motorcade."

"Maduro, 63, and Flores, 69, will first be transported to the Drug Enforcement Administration Headquarters in Chelsea, where he was processed before returning to the West 30th Street Heliport and choppered to Brooklyn, sources told The Post. He took off after 8 p.m., and was seen on video being flown down the West Side of Manhattan and past the Statue of Liberty before heading to Brooklyn."

"In Brooklyn, a motorcade was set to take the couple to the Metropolitan Detention Center, as they are set to face narco-terrorism charges in the Southern District of New York, sources said. Outside a large crowd of opponents of his regime gathered to give him a Bronx cheer in Brooklyn, yelling things like "Shame on you" and "Dirty Scumbag!" The tyrant is expected in the federal court as early as Monday."

Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were captured by US forces during a military operation in Caracas and flown to New York. The couple landed at Stewart Air National Guard Base, were flown by helicopter to Manhattan, and moved in an armored tactical vehicle. Maduro was processed at DEA Headquarters in Chelsea, then flown down the West Side of Manhattan past the Statue of Liberty to Brooklyn. A motorcade transported them toward the Metropolitan Detention Center where they will face narco-terrorism, cocaine importation, and weapons charges in the Southern District of New York. Large crowds jeered outside, and Maduro may appear in federal court as early as Monday. Maduro's son was also charged alongside his parents.

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