Image Credit: AFP via Getty Images Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured by the United States on January 3, 2026, amid a "large-scale" strike against Venezuela, per Donald Trump. The Venezuelan president and first lady were indicted with multiple charges in the Southern District of New York. "The United States of America has successfully carried out a large-scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the country," Trump wrote in a Truth Social statement.