US Attorney General Pam Bondi says deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, will face criminal charges after an indictment in New York. The legal authority for the strike — and whether Trump consulted Congress beforehand — was not immediately clear. Maduro was indicted in 2020 on “narco-terrorism” conspiracy charges, but it was not previously known that his wife had been. “We do not know the whereabouts of President Nicolas Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores,” Rodriguez said. “We demand proof of life.”Maduro, Trump said, “has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the Country.

Source: The Telegraph January 03, 2026 14:16 UTC