“A small gift of love and hope. I’m sending these photos as a small gift to all my grandchildren, my children, and to all the people who love us. I want you to know that we are firm, and that our hearts are brimming with your love,” the message posted on his Telegram channel says.
Nicolás Maduro appeared in U.S. court for the first time on January 5, 2026, just two days after, as a result of a special operation in Venezuela, he and his wife, Cilia Flores, were taken to the United States. The President of Venezuela was charged on four counts: conspiracy to commit “narco-terrorism,” conspiracy to supply cocaine to the territory of the United States, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices.
If convicted, Maduro faces a sentence of up to life imprisonment. Maduro is being held in a pretrial detention facility in Brooklyn. Previously, Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing the head of UnitedHealthcare, rapper P. Diddy, and Ghislaine Maxwell, an associate of financier Jeffrey Epstein, were held there.
Photo: Telegram channel of Nicolás Maduro
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