Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife are being held in Brooklyn, a law enforcement official said, and could appear in a Manhattan federal court within days. If convicted on narco-terrorism charges, they could face decades behind bars in the United States. U.S. commandos captured the one-time strongman in a surprise predawn operation Saturday, ending his 12-year rule and throwing Venezuela’s future into uncertainty. President Donald Trump said the United States will “run” Venezuela for an unspecified period, and Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, a Maduro loyalist, was sworn in as interim president.
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