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Former Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro has made his first appearance in public since being captured by US special forces in a daring raid.
Maduro was seen making a “perp walk” at DEA headquarters in New York.
Maduro wore black sweats and a black hat as he clutched a water bottle while being escorted through the Chelsea facility before being taken to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
As he walked, he wished agents a “Happy New Year.”
Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured from their home in a stunning nighttime raid operation in Venezuela’s capital of Caracas early on Saturday morning.
The couple were taken on board the USS Iwo Jima, in the Caribbean, and from there travelled to the US to face federal narco-terrorism charges and other offenses in the Southern District of New York.
When they arrived at the DEA building in Brooklyn, they were greeted by hundreds of revelers celebrating their arrest.
“It’s such a joy to see the dictator fall, but the regime hasn’t fallen yet,” Venezuelan national Ronny Chirinos, who came to New York three years ago due to Maduro’s regime, told The New York Post.
“I want everything to fall. That there is no one left.”
Maduro and his wife are expected to appear in court as soon as Monday.
