A new video has surfaced showing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro being escorted by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officers inside the agency’s headquarters in New York on Saturday.
Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured during a surprise attack by special US forces on the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, early Saturday (local time). They were reportedly sleeping inside their residence at Caracas’ high-security Ft Tiuna military compound during the pre-dawn raid.
Rapid Response 47, the official White House rapid response account, posted a video on X of Maduro’s ‘perp walk’ inside the DEA office in lower Manhattan.
The video showed the 63-year-old leader in a black hooded sweatshirt, walking down a hallway with a blue carpet labelled “DEA NYD”.
He was also heard saying “good night” and “Happy New Year” to the officials in the room.
Perp walked.pic.twitter.com/34iIsFUDdG
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) January 4, 2026
Maduro was reportedly dragged into custody while he tried to flee to his steel-enforced safe room.
URGENTE: Primera fotos y videos del narcotirano Nicolás Maduro #NicolasMaduro preso en New York. Maduro llevado a la oficina de la DEA La mejor noticia del mundo. Gracias Trump 🇺🇸 “VIVA VENEZUELA LIBRE” 🇻🇪 pic.twitter.com/v8zWhPqLnH
— Ape𝕏 (@CubanOnlyTrump) January 4, 2026
They were initially taken to a military base in the United States on Saturday evening and were then transferred to New York City.
From the DEA office, Maduro will be taken to the Metropolitan Detention Centre, a federal facility in Brooklyn, according to US media. The detention centre is the same jail where rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs was held throughout his trial last year.
Maduro and his wife have been charged with “narco-terrorism,” importing tons of cocaine into the United States, and possession of illegal weapons.