
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores have been taken into US custody on charges including narco-terrorism and drug trafficking. They were reportedly captured in a pre-dawn raid and transported to New York. Maduro was moved aboard the USS Iwo Jima, an amphibious assault ship described as a 'floating fortress,' before being taken to a federal detention center. The ship is equipped for troop deployment and defense.
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