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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nExperts point out that this will be a huge shock for Maduro, who lived in luxury, while the MDC is a prison often criticized for poor conditions and a lack of adequate medical care.
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The aircraft carrying the captured President of Venezuela, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, landed at Stewart National Guard Base in New York following an extensive operation by U.S. forces in Caracas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and Cilia Flores were pulled from their bedroom during the night in an operation carried out by the U.S. military. Maduro is expected to face charges of drug and arms trafficking before a federal court in Manhattan as early as next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fingerprints and photographs, then prison uniforms<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Immediately after landing, the process of taking fingerprints, photographs, and conducting medical examinations began. Cilia Flores was held longer in the hangar for additional medical checks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The couple will be transferred to the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), a detention facility in New York. According to analysts, they will be treated as prisoners under \u201cSpecial Administrative Measures\u201d (SAMs), which entail high security and likely isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Experts point out that this will be a huge shock for Maduro, who lived in luxury, while the MDC is a prison often criticized for poor conditions and a lack of adequate medical care.<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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