In the wee hours of Saturday, shortly after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured, blindfolded and taken to the United States, video emerged of Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello surrounded by a group of armed men in Caracas. With Maduro in US custody, Cabello is arguably the most powerful Venezuelan official named in the superseding indictment. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementAppointed interior minister in 2024, Cabello now commands the state’s vast apparatus of internal repression. “I hold Diosdado Cabello, the minister of interior and justice, responsible for the persecution our family is facing,” Castillo said in a video posted on social media. “He’s spent his entire life in opposition to the United States.

Source: CNN January 08, 2026 23:55 UTC