"After the U.S. military ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro early morning Saturday - marking the most aggressive American act of regime change since the invasion of Iraq in 2003 - officials detained him in a New York City federal lockup. Hours after the stunning military operation, President Donald Trump announced he was "going to run" Venezuela until a transition of power took place."
"Located in a former Navy warehouse in Sunset Park, the Metropolitan Detention Center, also known as MDC, opened in the 1990s and is now New York City's only federal detention facility. Officials closed the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan after security issues came to light following alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's death by suicide there in 2019. About 1,300 people are currently being detained at MDC, including recent arrestees by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The facility is run by the Federal Bureau of Prisons."
Nicolás Maduro was removed by U.S. military forces and taken into custody in New York City, where he and his wife, Cilia Flores, are being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. Federal prosecutors allege Maduro ran a "corrupt, illegitimate government" and promoted drug trafficking that flooded the United States with thousands of tons of cocaine. President Donald Trump announced he was "going to run" Venezuela until a transition of power. MDC sits in a former Navy warehouse in Sunset Park, houses about 1,300 detainees, and is run by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. MDC has faced severe staffing shortages, long-standing violence, multiple inmate deaths, staff bribery allegations, and recent prisoner criminal charges.
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